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and misleading ; and the following analysis ^ gives a more 

 reliable answer as to the conditions of land ownership in 

 England and Wales : — 



(1) 4,217 persons own, in estates of over 1,000 acres, 



18,546,000 acres. 



(2) 33,937 persons own, in estates of between 1,000 



and 100 acres, 8,927,000 acres. 



(3) 217,009 persons own, in estates of between 100 



and 1 acres, 3,931,000 acres. 



(4) 14,419 public bodies own 1,443,500 acres. 



(5) 703,200 persons own, in holdings of under 1 acre, 



151,000 acres. 

 But even this result leaves a false impression, if it is 

 forgotten that it applies not merely to agricultural but to 

 building: land. The number of owners of aofricultural land 



Compiled from the Agri- 

 * Probabl}' many of these small holdings are also 



' See English Land and English Landlords, by the Hon. G. Brodrick, 

 London, 1881, 8vo ; and The Great Landonners of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, by John Batenian, 4th edition, London, 1883, 8vo. 



