CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XIII. 



LANDLORDS AND NATURAL GROWTH, 



PAGE 



Explanation of different Lines of Agricultural Development in 

 France, Belgium, the German Empire, Austria, Russia, Den- 

 mark — Paucity of Number of Landowners in England — Agri- 

 cultural Progress due in England to Private Capital and Enter- 

 prise — In France Government supplies Place of Landlords — 

 State-directed Agriculture in France : Education, Horse-races, 

 Shows, Veterinary Assistance, Drainage, Eoads, Public Works . 141 



CHAPTER XIV. 



DISTRIBUTION OF LAND. 



Number of Landlords ; of Farmers and Size of their Holdings ; 

 of Agricultural Labourers — Distress not due to System of 

 Land Tenure or Cultivation — Losses of Agricultm-ists counter- 

 balanced by Gain of Middle and Wage-earning Classes — Mea- 

 sures of Agi-icultural Relief limited by small Numbers of 

 Persons directly interested in Agriculture .... 155 



CHAPTER XV. 



PROTECTION AND TITHE RENT-CHARGE. 



Protection in England at Commencement of Century, and in 

 France and Germany at present Time — Improbability of Land- 

 lords and Farmers obtaining Protection — Unlikely that Tithe 

 Rent-charge will be reduced — Object and EiFect of Tithe 

 Commutation Act of 1836 — Proportion borne by Tithe to Rent 

 less in 1888 than in 1836 — Consequently no Ground for De- 

 mand for Reduction of Charge — Change in Incidence of Charge 

 necessary — No final Solution of Difficulty except Redemption 

 — Interests of Church and State best consulted by State Collec- 

 tion of the Charge, and gradual voluntary Redemption in 

 better Times and at higher Prices 163 



