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as champion of the farmers. Upon the address 

 being moved, he took exception to it on the ground 

 that while it expressed satisfaction at the national 

 prosperity, no mention was made of the agricultural 

 depression, or the losses that those engaged in farm- 

 ing had incurred during the last few years. " There 

 was," he said, " a Board of Trade, which represented 

 a commerce and manufactures ; why was there not 

 also a Board of Agriculture ? He also greatly 

 regretted that no promise was held out of any 

 alleviation of the hardship with which the income- 

 tax pressed upon the agricultural tenant." When 

 the discussion on the income-tax took place, he 

 complained greatly of the absence of any relief to 

 the agriculturist, and sneered at such measures as 

 the remission of the glass duty and that on auctions, 

 as if it was to be supposed that they could be of 

 any practical advantage. Yet he would support 

 the bill to uphold public credit. On the motion 

 for going into Committee upon the proposed reduction 

 of the auction duties, his Grace very sensibly stated : 

 " It was a measure uncalled for by the country ; 

 under the present auction duties the tenant-farmer 

 had an exemption, and while they were asking for 

 relief throughout the country, the Government was 

 repealing an Act that exempted the farmers from 

 its operation. He objected to the present bill, 

 because the £300,000 or £400,000 derived from 



