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those which produce the least are the Landes, Lozere, 

 Hautes and Basses Alpes, and especially Corsica. The 

 average gross product of these departments may be about 

 30 francs, and in Corsica 10 at most. The rest of France 

 varies between these two extremes. 



A gross total of five milliards of francs had also 

 been attained as the production of the United Kingdom 

 previous to 1848. This amount was apportioned as 

 follows : 3,250,000,000 for England proper, 250,000,000 

 for Wales, 1,000,000,000 for Ireland, and 500,000,000 for 

 Scotland. Divided by the whole area in hectares, this 

 return gives the following result : 



Francs. 



England, 250 



Ireland, Lowlands of Scotland, and Wales, . 125 



Highlands of Scotland, . . . . 12 



General average, . . . . 165 



All English statistics represent this as still higher. 

 M'Culloch, the most moderate in his valuations, 

 makes the total produce five milliards and a half ; 

 others, as Mr Spackman, 250,000,000, or more than 

 six milliards. I have assumed the lowest estimate, and 

 it ought to be further reduced, on account of the differ- 

 ence in prices. It has been already shown, that for milk 

 English prices were double ours, for butcher-meat the 

 difference was 25 to 30 per cent, for cereals 20 per cent. 

 In Scotland and Ireland the difference was not so great, 

 since both countries sold to England. In the aggregate, 

 in order to establish an exact comparison, and to bring 

 the prices of the United Kingdom to the prices of similar 

 articles in France, we must reduce the five milliards by 

 a fifth. We have thus a total of four milliards, which 

 appears to represent pretty exactly the value of British 

 production compared to ours. This result, still so 



