pages may offer some useful hints, which may prove 

 serviceable if followed up. 



Landed proprietors, to whose ranks so many additions 

 are being daily made, will, it is presumed, not be offended, 

 at a period of such perplexity, to have one book of refer- 

 ence which they can consult as to the value of their 

 lands, of every description and quality, even under the 

 altered circumstances of the times. When unreason- 

 able demands are made upon them, and immense reduc- 

 tions sought for, those who are desirous fairly to acquit 

 themselves of the responsibilities of their position as land- 

 lords, without going too far, may find some assistance here 

 in the formation of a sound judgment, on a subject so im- 

 portant to themselves and their tenants. 



The adoption of one general and approved guide to land 

 valuation would be of national importance ; for the heart- 

 burnings which prevail in districts where unequal and 

 dissimilar valuations occur, would cease, and the two great 

 classes personally interested in the subject, perceiving 

 and approving the principles of their contract, would have 

 no further cause for misunderstanding, and mutual confi- 

 dence and good will between landlord and tenant the 

 great basis of all national happiness and prosperity 

 would be restored. 



