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acres of land, before let at 54!. the new rent is 

 74!. Twelve cottages, and a lime-kiln, which 

 coft 280!. Two dwelling-houfes and a forge, 

 which coft him 150!. and to which parliament 

 granted 250!. more. Upon the whole, there- 

 fore, Mr. JefFerys has expended 7,630!. in thefe 

 eftablifhments. Of public money there has 

 been added 2,170!. and the tenants themfelves 

 laid out 9,050!. in all, expended here 18,850!. 

 befides what Mr. JefFerys laid out on bridges, 

 &c. in the whole, very near, if not full, 

 2D,oool. upon matters of a public nature. In 

 all thefe eftablifhments, he has avoided under- 

 taking or carrying on any of the manufac- 

 tures upon his own account, from a conviclion 

 that a gentleman can never do it without fuffer- 

 ing very confiderabiy. His objei: was to form 

 a town, to give employment to the people, and 

 to improve the value of his eftate by fo doing; 

 in all which views it muft be admitted, that 

 the near neighbourhood of fo confiderable a 

 place as Corke very much contributed : the fame 

 means which he has purfued would, in all fitu- 

 ations, be probably the rnoft advifeable, though 

 the returns made might be lefs advantageous. 

 Too much can fcarcely be faid in praife of the 

 fpirit with which a private gentleman has ex- 

 ecuted thefe works, which would undoubtedly 

 do honour to the greater! fortune. 



To animate others to tread in fuch laudable 

 fteps, I may remark, that even the profit of 

 thefe undertakings is too much to be entirely 

 forgotten; the expences are by no means bar- 

 ren ones; 327 acres let before thefe works at 



167!. 



