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produce is fuch, with very indifferent ma- 

 nagement in feveral refpecls, that it gives 

 us the higheft ideas of what might bd 

 gained in this fertile kingdom, if agricul- 

 ture was properly encouraged. For this 

 land, in this fine climate, and yielding fuch 

 crops, nd greater rent is reckoned than 1 55. an 

 acre, which is owing certainly to the load 

 of taxes which is laid on them: 5!. 195. 

 taxes to 3!. 158. rent is too great a propor- 

 tion infinitely, and fuch as no hufbandman 

 or landlord can fupport, and cultivate their 

 land well at the fame time. Nature, it is 

 certain, here does the work, and not the 

 farmer, who is too much opprelfed to be 

 fpirited in any exertions 3 for the farmer, 

 out of a produce of i81. is. to make a pro- 

 fit only of 2!. 135. 6d. which mews how 

 fevere the Government is upon hufbandry, 

 and while this is the cafe, the kingdom can 

 never be truly flourishing. 



It will be right here to dra'w a compari- 

 fon between the two kingdoms in this re- 

 fpe<ft. In England, the above Account, 

 iuppofing the expenditure no greater, the 

 account would ftand thus : 



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