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Land situate more than ten miles distant from a good 

 narket town, is diminished in value to the extent of 6d. in 

 the pound ; in many cases for every mile beyond ten. 



2. POSITION AS TO ROADS. Land having easy access to 

 a convenient road may be considered in ordinary circum- 

 stances for valuation purposes. 



If the roads be hilly, so that a common fair load can- 

 not be taken to market, it diminishes the value of the 

 land, in proportion to the difficulty, from Qd. to Is. in the 

 pound. 



If land be insulated, and have no convenient road, the 

 inconvenience should be estimated specially. 



It is a common practice for landlords to have roads 

 measured into the adjoining lands. This is a bad system, 

 because it falls unequally upon landholders. It would 

 be better in every instance to show the roads in a separate 

 item, and to value the net contents of the farm, suitable 

 for farming purposes. 



3. INEQUALITIES OF SUPERFICIES. Where land is level, 

 or with so easy and gentle an inclination that the opera- 

 tions of the plough can be performed without difficulty, 

 it is in the circumstances comprehended in the scale of 

 prices hereafter given. 



Some fields are too steep to be laboured by horses, or 

 are laboured by them with great difficulty. If they 

 required to be laboured by the spade, they would need 

 special consideration by the valuator. The increased 

 expense incurred by steepness may entitle them to a 

 deduction varying from 2s. to 8$. in the acre. 



4. CLIMATE AND ELEVATION. Land situate in a high 

 undrained district, on some of the primitive formations, 

 or near a tract of mountain or irreclaimable moor, suffers 

 from the effects of a wet climate. Clay lands cannot 

 be ploughed with advantage except in dry weather, and 

 spring frequently presents so little of this, that it is a work 

 of great nicety to command resources for farm labour in an 

 ungenial climate. In the interior of a mountain range, 

 crops are late and seldom so hearty as in low lands, for 



