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Occupiers of Land. 

 In 1816 there were said to be 589,374 occupiers of land in Great 

 Britain ^— 



With incomes under ^50 ... ... ... ... 114,778 



Between ^50 and ^150 ... ... ... ... 432,534 



Over ^150 ... ... ... ... ... 42,062 



589.374 

 In 1907 there were 510,954 occupiers of one acre and more. == 



Mulhall's Calculation of Average Annual Wages in England. 

 Bailiff. Shepherd. Labourer. Woman. Boy. 

 1800 ^20 ^16 ^12 /8 £6 



1850 40 25 20 10 8 



1880 52 36 30 15 10 



The average annual cost of living of an agricultural family of five 



was in 1823 ;^3l, in 1883 £,^7- 



Comparative Statement by A. Young of Prices and Wages in 

 England from 1200 to 1810 on the Principle of repre- 

 senting Facts in 1810 by the Number 20, and the Facts of 

 the preceding Periods by the Proportion borne by them 

 TO that Number. 



Periods. Wheat. Meat. Wool. ^^.!l?"!!"' Horses 



1200-99 5| 



1300-99 6J 



1400-99 3 



1500-99 6 



1600-99 9i 



1700-66 7I 7| 12 10 15I 



1767-89 11 iii 



1790-1803 13 16 



1804-10 20 20 20 20 20 



Thus wheat in 1804-10 had risen 233 per cent, since the sixteenth century. 

 The Labourer's Wages. 

 The following table, published by Mr. Barton in 1817,* shows the 

 depreciation of the labourer's wages in purchasing power between 

 1742 and 1808 :- 



^ Farmer's Magazine (1817), p. 6. Statistics at this date, however, 

 must be taken with caution. They were usually estimates. Cf. above, 

 p. 334, for holdings in England. 



' Parliamentary Reports, Commissioners (1881), xvi. 305. 



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