70 



d. 



The poor, cliureh, and highway rates (averag-ing- 3s. 4d. iu 

 the pound on the rateable value) ; the proportion 

 charged for parochial rates in the assessment o£ the 

 county of Wilts 5 



Tithe rent charges (tithe owners paying rates thereon) ... 6 



11 

 Rent payable to landlords, the tenant finding straw for 



thatched buildings, and being allowed a moiety of the 

 cost of workmanship incurred thereby, the tenant also 

 being compelled to consume by stock all hay, root, and 

 green crops and straw on the farm ... . . ... 019 3 



1 10 3 



The parochial rates and tithe rent charge being payable by the 

 tenant, the 19s. 3d. would be due to the landlord subject to deductions, 

 as stated below. The 19s. 3d. would, however, depend upon the average 

 prices of meat, barley, and wheat, in accordance with the produce 

 principle of letting farms on the Wilton House estate, and their 

 equivalents would stand thus, viz. : — 



Rent Payable to Landlord, 19s. 3d. 



fth meat, 15|th lbs. at 6d. 



|th barley, Ijoth bushels at 3s. 6d. 



fth wheat, 1^^ bushels at 6s. Od. 



Allowance to the tenant for manure per acre and per annum 

 on the arable land cropped, being an amount allowed with 

 a view to cancel the tenant^s claim for unexhausted im- 

 provement in manures, and also with a view to secure 

 to the landlord improved condition of the holding. This 

 allowance, however, being contingent on the proportion 

 of the tenant's expenditure in oil-cakes and artificial 

 manures purchased, and not arising from the produce of 

 thefarm 1 10 



Landlord's rent ... ... ... .- ••• 19 3 



