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6s. 8d. a difference therefore of 5s. gd. per acre between 

 that which is held in feveralty and that which is half-yearly 

 or Lammas ground. That the paftures of the firft quality 

 are 20s. yd. ihofc of the fecond 12s. a confequent diffe- 

 rence of 8s. 7d. per acre between thofc which are properly and 

 thofe that are only partially improved. That the grafs and 

 arable land, when let together, and without diftinflion of 

 price, averages i2s. and that the rough and inferior paftures 

 only average 6s. ']d. a difference there of 5s. 5d. per acr«, 

 fuppofing thofe lands to be improved to the level of the 

 farms which are thus difpofed of, but which in point of 

 Talue and improvement are generally obferved to be inferior 

 to thofe eftates that are rented under a juft difcrimination of 

 the quality and value of their different clafles of land. That 

 the undergrowth of the wood land is cut once in eleven 

 years, and produces 81. 15s. per acre at the ftub. That there 

 are 500 acres of foreft land in the diftridl, appropriated to 

 the growth of oak and other valuable timber. That there 

 are 1070 acres of waltc common land, which may by in- 

 clofure be improved in its annual value 12s. 5d. per acre. 

 That the compofition at prefcnt paid for the great and fmall 

 tylhes is 3s. 4d. and that the fame has rifen iid. per acre 

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

 the prefent rack rents are 4s. 3d. and that they have rifen 

 IS. in the pound within the laft ten years. 



The value of labour, and price of provifions, through 

 this diftrict may be ftated as follows : 



Betf4^d.— Mutton 4id.— Veal fd.— Pork 5^.— Pickled 

 Pork 7id. — Butter rod. and cheefe 6d. per lb. — Flour is. i id. 

 per peck — and potatoes is. 3d. per bufhcl. — Stated daily la- 

 bour in the winter 7s. and fummer 9s. per week. — Thrafiiing 

 wheat 2s. 6d. — barley is. 4d. — oats is. 2d. — peas 2s. 2d. — 

 and beans is. 2d. per cOarter. — Head man's wages 81. with 

 board and lodging, — Boy's 40s. per ann. with the fame — 

 Women's wages 3I. lot. with board, wafhing and lodging--. 

 Girls il. I OS. per ann. with the fame. 



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