PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE LAND. 



plenty of land to choose from for all the large towns in 



England and Wales : 



Mountain and Heath Lands in Kiujltinil and Wales. 



In the county of Surrey 

 ,, Kent 



Sussex 



Suffolk 



,, Norfolk 



,, Yorkshire 



,, Northumberland 



,, Cumberland 



,, ,, ,, Durham 



,, ,, ,, Westmorland 



,, ,, Devonshire 

 ,, ,, ,, Cornwall 

 ,, ,, ,, Somerset 



,, Dorset 

 In other English counties 



Total in England 

 In Wales 



= 471,303 



= 262,859 

 53,874 

 = 208,832 J 



= 160,188 

 56,715 

 51,031 

 27,326 



= 996,868 



. = 295,260 

 = 374,773 



= 2,324,624 



= 1,270,470 



I do not ask London, or any of the other large towns, to 

 launch out upon a big scheme at once, but I fail to see why an 

 experiment should not be made on a moderate scale. Let us 

 take Surrey, Kent, and Sussex. Out of the 36,502 acres of 

 mountain and heath land a few thousand acres might be 

 acquired. On this area I should start planting on a small 

 scale under an efficient superintendent, so as to train a small 

 establishment to the work. The men so trained would subse- 

 quently act as foremen. When pressure comes in winter-time 

 in London, the unemployed would be sent to the estate and 



