RENTS, PROFITS, AND WAGES. 91 



FRANCE. 



Proprietor's rent, ... 30 francs per hectare. 



Profit of the cultivator, . . 10 



Taxes, .... 5 



Accessory expenses, ... 5 



Wages, .... 50 



Total, ... 100 

 ENGLAND. 



Nominal Value. Reduced by 20 per cent. 



Proprietor's rent, . 75 francs per hectare. . 60 



Profit of the farmer, . 40 ' . 32 



Taxes, . 25 * . 20 



Accessory expenses, . 50 . 40 



Wages, . . 60 48 



Total, . 250 . 200 



All the recipient parts, with the exception of wages, re- 

 ceive then a larger share in England than in France, and 

 that even at the reduced value : rent is double, profit 

 more than treble, taxes quadruple ; wages, even although 

 equal, or nearly so, in absolute amount, are relatively a 

 little higher. The rest of the United Kingdom showed 

 less satisfactory results, but these almost always superior 

 to ours. 



Such are the facts, or at least such they were, previously 

 to 1848. The changes that have since taken place, both 

 in France and in the United Kingdom, have been consi- 

 derable, especially with our neighbours, where a revolution 

 more legitimate, more rational, and above all, more fruit- 

 ful, than our revolution of 1 848, has been peaceably accom- 

 plished, while we are still labouring to regain the position 

 from which we precipitated ourselves. During the last 

 five years we have experienced a state of things not unlike 

 what took place in France and in England between 1790 

 and 1800. This period has been distressingly barren in 

 results for us, but largely productive for them. While 



