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full, and the 17 acres of land went back to the 

 company. Of these, he hired 14 acres at 15s. an 

 acre, and bought the remaining 3 for 60. Two 

 years later he had a fresh agreement, by which he 

 hired 29 acres at lis. 3d. an acre. 



The rest of the farm viz., 142 acres had been 

 let to ten tenants in holdings varying from 2 to 

 36 acres, as a yearly tenancy, with option of pur- 

 chase. There appeared to be a very good local 

 demand for land to rent. The gross rental received 

 was 182 14s. 2d. The men mostly lived in the 

 village, a mile away. Four were small farmers ; 

 the rest were agricultural labourers, small trades- 

 men, or artisans. 



THE FOXHAM ESTATE. 



The farm at Foxham, in Wiltshire, was bought 

 from Lord Lansdowne in 1888. It lies in the 

 Avon Valley, four miles from Chippenham and six 

 miles from Calne. The land was mostly arable 

 and was of good, easily-worked soil. It comprised 

 151 acres, farm-house and buildings, and a cottage, 

 with another range of buildings. The price paid 

 was 4,731 about 31 6s. 8d. per acre. The 

 following sales were effected : 



The farm-house and buildings, with 50 acres of 

 pasture, were resold to the sitting tenant for 2,250, 

 which is about 45 an acre ; 3 acres 31 poles 

 to a local baker for 159 7s., who subsequently 

 bought another 2 acres for 90 ; 1 acre to a 

 labourer, who built a house upon the ground, for 



