X Contents. 



CHAPTER V. 

 Landowner, Partner, and Labourer. 



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The Landowners, their Position, Duties, and In- 

 fluence — Their Number, and the immense Capital 

 Value of their Property — The Tenant-farmers, 

 the proportional Extent of their Holdings, their 

 Numbers and Capital — The Labourers — Condi- 

 tion now better than at any previous Period, 

 comparing their Wages with the Price of Bread 

 — Each of the three Classes constantly recruited 

 by Changes of Property and Employment — Re- 

 sult of the System,, compared with that of other 

 Countries, shows larger Returns at less Cost — 

 Special Features of System in England — in Scot- 

 land — in Ireland — Tenancy-at-will in England — 

 Leases in Scotland — Middlemen in Ireland, and 

 the Result 56—78 



CHAPTER VL 



Land Improvenieyit. 



Hindrances by Settlements and Incumbrances — 

 Expedients adopted to overcome the incapacity 

 of Owners to provide Capital for Improvement 

 — State Loans for Land Improvement— Followed 

 by Loans from Land Improvement Companies — 



