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No. II. 



Comparison of the Expenses of Arable Land in 1790 and 1804. 



1m April, 1804, a requisition was sent from the Corn Committee of the House of 

 Commons to the Board of Agriculture, for information relative to the comparative 

 expenses on arable land in the two periods of 1790 and 1803. The Board was 

 solicitous that the information they gave should be the most correct that could be 

 procured : and with this view ordered a circular letter to be sent to a number of 

 their correspondents in every county of the kingdom. 



The following Tables are formed from the answers received to that, and to a 

 following letter, which was written with the same view, but requesting the informa- 

 tion to be given in the proportions of 100 acres of arable land. 



In regard to the information thus procured, it stands upon the distinct authority 

 of the respective individuals, for the accuracy of which it is impossible that any 

 public body can be responsible : but, from comparing the results, there appears to 

 be sufficient reason for concluding that the particulars are given with no inconsi- 

 derable degree of care. 



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