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APPENDIX VI. 



QUESTIONS ATTACHED TO THE CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (FEBRUARY 13, 1816). 



1. Are any farms in your neighbourhood unoccupied by 

 tenants ; and have landlords, in consequence, been obliged to 

 take them into their own hands 1 Please to state the number 

 of farms, and their size. 



2. Have any tenants, within your knowledge, given notice 

 to their landlords of quitting their farms at Lady-day, or any 

 other period 1 



3. Have any farms been lately relet at an abatement of 

 rent ; and if so, what is the proportion of such abatement 1 



4. What circumstances, denoting the distress of the 

 farmers, have come to your knowledge, which may not be 

 included under the above queries 1 



5. Is the present distress greater on arable or on grass 

 farms 1 



6. Have flock farms suffered equally with others ? 



7. Does the country in which you reside suffer from a 

 diminished circulation of paper 1 



8. What is the state of the labouring poor ; and what is 

 the propoi'tion of poor rates compared with the years 1811 

 and 1812 1 



9. What remedies occur to you for alleviating these diffi- 

 culties 1 



