might be increased one third. The quantity of grain annually put- 

 chased from the adjacent counties of Wilts and Dorset, cannot be 

 less than one hundred thousand quarters ; and were it not for the 

 coal that is sent in return, would drain the county of great part of 

 its specie. 



The reporter cannot with absolute precision state the total 

 amount of acres, or the number of inhabitants in this county, but 

 he conceives the former to be about one million of acres, and the 

 latter about three hundred and fifty thousand. The average value 

 per acre of the inclosed and cultivated land, is not less than twenty- 

 five shillings per annum. The different appropriations of this sur- 

 face of land may be arranged in the following way : 



Acres. 



Towns and villages 3000 



Public and private roads 20,000 



Pavers, lakes, ponds, &c 2,500 



Woods and plantations 20,000 



Meadow and pasture land inclosed 584,500 



Marsh and fen land uninclosed 30,000 



Arable and convertible land inclosed 270,000 



Common fields 10,000 



Uncultivated wastes 60,000 



1,COO,000 



The increased rent which might be produced by draining the 

 marsh lands, and by inclosing and cultivating the common fields 

 and waste lands, may, according to the most moderate calculation, 

 be thus estimated : 



Number of Acres. 



30,000 

 10,000 



60,000 



Description. 



Marsh lands 

 Common field 

 Uncultivated 

 waste 



Total Increase. 



22,500 

 2,500 

 1 5,000 per ann. 



40,000 



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