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II. FORM OF VALUATION BOOK GIVEN IN THE DIGEST OF 

 EVIDENCE BEFORE THE LAND COMMISSION. 



Some persons are partial to ample details in the valuation 

 book. In the digest of evidence taken by the Land Com- 

 missioners, p. 703, it is observed " The satisfactory valua- 

 tion of land does not consist in merely fixing the yearly 

 price which a tenant is to pay for each acre of his farm : 

 it depends upon being able to prove, by minute details, 

 to both parties interested, that that price is the right 

 one under all the circumstances of the case, and that 

 in fixing it their respective rights have been strictly pro- 

 tected. There could then be no dispute about the final 

 result or rent. The discussion, if any there be, must take 

 place upon some of the items leading to that result, each 

 item being perfectly within the power of distinct calculation 

 of any well qualified professional man ; whilst no man can 

 prove the correctness of the result except by considering 

 the details that lead to it." 



In accordance with the above observations, there is 

 given the following " Form of a Farm Report, with a 

 detailed valuation and general calculation of the capabili- 

 ties of an estate in the county of Donegal, now in progress, 

 with a view to establish an equitable system between 

 landlord and tenants, with reference to rent and future 

 permanent improvements of the land and buildings, &c., 

 and as a guide in arranging the farms proportionably to the 

 population they are capable of supporting, executed by 

 the agricultural teachers of Loughash and Cloghan Schools, 

 as a practical method of instructing their pupils. Price of 

 oats, 6(7. per stone ; potatoes, Is. per 8 stones ; hay, 30s., 

 and Swedish turnips, 13s. per ton; labourers' wages, IQd. 

 per day, without board. 



