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and to pass a general inclosiire bill, without the great expense of separate acts; 

 especially in cases where the couimons in one manor or lordsliip do not exceed a 

 certain quantity, suppose looo acres; at present there is near onc-founh of this 

 couniy unincloscd and uncultivated, full of furze, heath, ling, gorse, ai.d bogs, so 

 as to starve and destroy a great part of the stock turned on them. 



P. S. I am this year under an absolute necessity of laying down with grass 

 seeds one-third of my arable land, for want of men to plough aiv land, and harvest 

 and thresh my corn; which I cannot procuie at double the usual price, and, if 

 obtainable, the expense and taxes would occasion a loss, jt die present low price 

 and slow sale of corn ; and I think this will be the case with many odicrs. 



PEMBROKESHIRE. 



Charles Hassall, Esq. 



An evil of the most serious magnitude has for some time, and still is, in progress, 

 which, I trust, the wisdom of the Legislature will, by timely and effective measures, 

 prevent from growing up to that state of calamitous inconvenience which, I fear, 

 there is too much reason at present to apprehend. I mean, Sir, the great diminu- 

 tion in the culture of barley, which is now too generally taking place, in conse- 

 quence of the very extraordinary duty laid upon malt last year. That measure 

 disabled many capital malsters (and deterred many others) from making their usual 

 quantity of malt; by requiring the use of a much greater capital than they usually 

 employed in their trade. It has opened a tempting door to the smuggler, which, I 

 apprehend, it will be extremely difficult for the Board of Excise effectually to shut. 



Very many farmers have making conveniences, by means whereof they can malt 

 not only their own growth, but much more — they can run floorings of malt wiih 

 scarce any chance of detection; and it is a fact, that this is done to a very great 

 extent. I am well assured, that malt can be bought in distant counties and carried 

 to Bristol, on cheaper terms than it can be made there. 



The farmer who has not malting conveniences is obliged to sell his barley to 

 those who have, on such terms as will not repay him the expence of raising it ; 

 and thence arises the great evil alluded to, namely, that all the occupiers of lands 

 heretofore kept in tillage, which are of a loamy quality, and fit for either corn or 

 grass, at the option of the farmer, are laying down a considerable portion of such 



