RISE IN VALUE SINCE 1857. 



97 



1 862, and show an average yearly increase, from 

 that year, of 39,000. The total rise within a 

 peried of eighteen years has been a little over 

 20 per cent. ; but, as will be seen by the annexed 

 Table, the proportion of increase on the Scotch 

 rental has been greater than on that of England. 

 The small rise in Ireland presents a striking 

 contrast to England and Scotland. The capital 

 value of the total increase at the present selling 

 price of land in this country will be reckoned 

 something prodigious, especially by those of us 

 who are old enough to recall the dismal pro- 

 phecies of the agricultural ruin which would 

 surely follow the free admission of foreign 

 corn. 



GROSS ANNUAL VALUE OF LAND ASSESSED TO THE 

 INCOME-TAX IN 1857 AND 1875. 



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