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Table 2. — Numbers and Occupations q/ those loho ivere engaged 

 in Agriculturein England and Wales in 1851, 1861, 1871, 

 and 1881. 



{a) Shows reduction of 25,964 in number of farmers, or 10 per cent. 



(5) Shows a decline in the number of those who, having no other 

 definite occupation, are practicallj^ agricultural labourers. 



{c) Shows that tenant farmers are giving up holdings and becoming 

 bailiffs. 



Qd~) This decline of 10 per cent, is explained by increase either of 

 agricultural machinery or of pastoral farms. 



(e) Owing to difficulty of comparing returns based upon different 

 methods, it is impossible to give the increase of market gardeners, but 

 it seems to be considerable. The increase of florists, &c., is large. 



C/) In 1871 a different reckoning was adopted from that of 1881. 

 The sum-totals afford a comparison. 



