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out ot winch the landlord claims one-fourth, or 

 leaving to the tenant in all, only 3 10s. 6d., being at the 

 rate of 1 3s. 6d. per acre for seed, labour, taxes, and 

 profit on the most laborious system of farming that could 

 be practised. The only difference of expense between the 

 labour of this and No. 1, being the ploughing of one statute 

 acre of stubble, say 8s. ; and three bushels of seed wheat, 

 at 5s. 4d. per (the price assumed above), 16s. 1 4s. 



5. It is clear, therefore, that the theory which would 

 give to the landlord the fixed proportion of one -fourth of 

 the gross produce for rent, out of all soils, is untenable, 

 and the remarks which apply to this, are equally appli- 

 cable to any fixed proportion whatever. 



VIII. ON THE SCOTCH MODE OF RE-ADJUSTING VALUATIO! 



BY THE MARKET AVERAGES OF THE DISTRICT. 



.Extracted principally from ike evidence of Mr. George Roberts 

 before the Land Commission. 



Valuators in Scotland, in reporting their valuations, 

 usually inserted a clause to the following effect : > 

 Assuming the price of wheat, barley, and oats, the staple 

 produce of the farm, to average (for the period of the 

 lease), say 96s. per triple quarter, and well-fed butchers- 

 meat 6s. per imperial stone, the rent of the farm, A. B., 

 should be as under. There followed the detailed valua- 

 tion of each field ; after which a memorandum to the 

 following effect was generally added upon the principle 

 above stated, the rent of A. B. would amount to 6 

 yearly. But as the price of corn is fluctuating, and the 

 Corn Law of doubtful operation, perhaps it would be more 

 equitable, if, instead of the whole rent being paid in money, 

 a part at least should be paid in grain. The reporter, 

 therefore, is humbly of opinion, that the rent of A. B. 

 should be 300 in money, with the fiars price of eighty 

 quarters of wheat, eighty quarters of barley, and eighty 

 quarters of oats, yearly. The money rent of 300 forming 

 the first payment to account of the crop, the grain at 





