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CHAPTER VIIL 



The Government in its Connection with Agriculture. 

 No Minister of Agriculture, and no Government page 

 Control exercised, or State Schools for Agricul- 

 ture, or Flocks or Herds maintained by Govern- 

 ment — The Inclosure Commission the only State 

 Department connected with the Land — Its 

 various Functions — Main Drainage Commissions 

 for Control of Floods — These beneficial where 

 not permitted to remain too long stagnant — 

 Great Engineering Works seldom required — Ex- 

 change of Intermixed Lands inexpensive and 

 simple in its Operation — Extent to which the 

 Power of Exchange is used ... ... iii — 119 



CHAPTER IX. 



Waste Lands and Copyholds. 

 Inclosure of Waste Lands, its Extent and Results 

 — Quality and Occupation of Persons to whom 

 Waste Lands passed — Extent of Public Roads 

 constructed and Value of Lands devoted to 

 Public Objects, at the Cost of the Owners of 

 Common Rights, equal to one-eighth of Value of 

 the whole Land inclosed — Enfranchisement of 

 Copyhold Lands and Buildings— Number com- 

 pleted — Extinction of this objectionable kind of 

 Tenure desirable — Mode of accomplishing this 120 — 130 



