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cerned, and as it would anfwer no good purpofe, to 

 call together fo numerous a body of people, it 

 might therefore be proper, that a meeting fhould be 

 held in each parilli, and powers granted to one of 

 the mod refpeftable of the inhabitants, to meet a 

 perfon deputed by each of the other pariflies, in or- 

 der to make the application, and procure his Lord- 

 fhip's confent to the meafiire ; and if obtained, of 

 which there is no reafon to doubt, application might 

 then be made to Parliament, who would no doubt 

 agree as to the propriety of the divifion, and pafs a 

 bill, appointing commiffioners to negotiate the bufi- 

 nefs in common form. 



Among the various important objefts, which natu- 

 rally fall under the conlideration of the Board of A- 

 griculture, there are none, which, in their confe- 

 quences, will prove more extenfively beneficial in a 

 national point of view, than their giving every poffible 

 aid to thofe fpirited proprietors, who are anxious 

 to promote the improvement of the country, by 

 bringing the commons and wafte lands under culti- 

 vation, as nothing will fg certainly promote or main- 

 tain an increafed population. 



With refpedl to what are the bell means to be 

 purfued in regard to the common in queftion, it 

 would be improper in this report to determine. It 

 appears only necefiary to repeat, that the improve- 

 ment of it, would give regular employment to a great 

 nun)ber of hands, and furnifh the public markets, 

 with an additional quantity of feveral thoufand quar- 

 ters of grain annually ; all which can be effeded, 

 without being attended with any bad confequences 

 whatever. 



IVoodlands. — There are feveral very extenfive 

 tracks of woodlands in this dillrid ; they confift ei- 

 ther of forells, chaces, or purlieu woods. The moft 

 confiderable foreft is that of Rockingham, which is 

 fituated in the northern parts of the county, begin- 

 ning 



