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2 IS. the pafture of the fecond quality 14s. coiifequently a 

 difference of 7s. per acre in favour of that which is properly 

 improved. That the old embanked mar flies are los. 6d. 

 per acre, and that 1370 acres of fait marfli might be ad- 

 vantageoufly embanked from the fea. That the average 

 rent of the highland grafs and arable, when let together and 

 without diftindlion of price, is 14s. per acre. That the 

 undergrowth in the woodlands, cut once in feventeen years, 

 fells at the ftub for 4I, los. per acre. That there are fixty 

 acres of common, which by inclofure, are capable of being 

 augmented in their annual value 8s. 6d. per acre. That the 

 compofition at prefent paid for the great and fmall tythes is 

 3s. I id. and that the fame has increafed is. 4|d. per acre 

 within twenty years; and finally, that the poor's rates 

 upon the prefent rack rents are 2s. lod. and that they have 

 increafed gd. in the pound within ten years. 



The price of provifions, and the value of labour, in this 

 diftriifl, and in Merfea Ifland, are as follow : beef and mutton 

 4|d. per lb. — veal and frelh pork 5d. per lb. — pickled pork 

 7d. per lb. — butter lod. and cheefe 6d. per lb. — flour 2s. 

 per peck,- and potatoes is. 3d. per bufliel — Stated daily 

 labour winter and fummer is. 6d. per day. Threlhing wheat 

 2s. 6d. — barley is. 4d. — oats is.— peas 2s. 4d. and beans 

 IS. 2d. per quarter, befides allowing as much fmall beer as 

 the thrafher choofes to drink. — Head man's wages 81. with 

 board and lodging ; boy's wages, 45s. per annum, with the 

 fame; maid fervants 4I. with board, wafhing, and lodging; 

 -girl's 40s. per annum with the fame. 



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