APPENDIX IV 355 



OCCUPIERS OF LAND. 



In 1816 there were said to be 589,374 occupiers of land in Great 

 Britain l 



With incomes under ^50 ... ... ... ... 114,778 



Between ^50 and ^150 ... ... ... ... 432,534 



Over ^150 ... ... ... ... ... 42,062 



589,374 

 In 1907 there were 510,954 occupiers of one acre and more. == 



MULHALL'S CALCULATION OF AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES IN ENGLAND. 



Bailiff. Shepherd. Labourer. Woman. Boy. 

 1800 ^20 16 12 8 6 



1850 40 25 20 10 8 



1880 52 36 30 15 10 



The average annual cost of living of an agricultural family of five 



was in 1823 ^31, in 1883 .37. 



COMPARATIVE STATEMENT BY A. YOUNG OF PRICES AND WAGES IN 

 ENGLAND FROM 1200 TO 1810 ON THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRE- 

 SENTING FACTS IN 1 8 10 BY THE NUMBER 20, AND THE FACTS OF 

 THE PRECEDING PERIODS BY THE PROPORTION BORNE BY THEM 

 TO THAT NUMBER. 



Periods. Wheat. Meat. Wool. a _!!^ r! Horses. 



1200-99 

 1300-99 



1400-99 3 

 1500-99 6 

 1600-99 9j 



1700-66 7f 7\ 12 



1767-89 ii ii I5i ia| i7\ 



1790-1803 13 

 1804-10 20 



Thus wheat in 1804-10 had risen 233 per cent, since the sixteenth century. 



THE LABOURER'S WAGES. 



The following table, published by Mr. Barton in l8l7, 2 shows the 

 depreciation of the labourer's wages in purchasing power between 

 1742 and 1808 : 



Weekly Price of Wages in 

 Period. pay. wheat. pints of 

 s. d, s. d, bread. 

 1742-52 60 30 o 102 

 1761-70 76 42 6 90 

 1780-90 80 51 2 80 

 1795-9 90 70 8 65 

 1800-8 ii o 86 8 60 



1 Farmer's Magazine (1817), p. 6. Statistics at this date, however, 

 must be taken with caution. They were usually estimates. Cf. above, 

 p. 334, for holdings in England. 



a Parliamentary Reports, Commissioners (1881), xvi. 305. 



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