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CHAPTER V. 



Landowner, Farmer, and Labourer. 



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The Landowners, their Position, Duties, and In- 

 fluence Their Number, and the immense Capital 

 Value of their Property The Tenant-farmers, 

 the proportional Extent of their Holdings, their 

 Numbers and Capital the Labourers Condi- 

 tion now better than at any previous Period, 

 comparing their Wages with the Price of Bread 

 Each of the three Classes constantly recruited 

 by changes of Property and Employment Re- 

 sult of the System, compared with that of other 

 Countries, shows larger Returns at less Cost 

 Special Features of System in England in Scot- 

 land in Ireland Tenancy-at-will in England 

 Leases in Scotland Middlemen in Ireland, and 

 the Result 56 78 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Land Improvement. 



Hindrances by Settlements and Incumbrances 

 Expedients adopted to overcome the incapacity 

 of Owners to provide Capital for Improvement 

 State Loans for Land Improvement Followed 

 by Loans from Land Improvement Companies 



