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AGRARIAN TENURES: 



A SURVEY 



OF THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF LAND 



IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND, 



AND OF 



THE REFORMS THEREIN DURING RECENT YEARS. 

 BY 



THE RT. HON. G. SHAW LEFEYRE, M.P. 



SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 



I. Landownership and Tenancy in England. 



II. Recent Land Reforms in England. 



III. Legislation for Labourers. 



IV. Landownership in Ireland. 



V. Recent Agrarian Reforms in Ireland. 



VI. Land Purchase in Ireland. 



VII. Further Remedial Measures in Ireland. 



VIII. Agrarian Questions in Scotland. 



IX. The Agrarian Condition of the Channel Islands 

 and the Isle of Man. 



X. The Future of Agrarian Reforms. 



XI. Reform of Land Laws. 



XII. Nationalisation versus Individualism. 



"This book is of the highest practical value. It is the most valuable single 

 contribution we remember to have seen to the literature bearing on present-day 

 agrarian problems. Every page contains valuable information, and will repay 

 careful study. " Speaker. 



" Mr. Shaw Lefevre has produced a sober and statesmanlike account of the 

 existing land-systems of England, Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland, and the 

 reforms he advocates are in a high degree reasonable and practical.' 1 Spectator. 



"We must be content with commending Mr. Lefevre's volume to our readers as 

 the best existing work on its subject." Field. 



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