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Wheat, . . . 60,000,000 of francs. 



Barley, . . . 30,000,000 



Oats, . . . 150,000,000 



Potatoes, . . . 550,000,000 



Flax and Gardens, . 50,000,000 



540,000,000 

 Animal production, . 260,000,000* 



800,000,000 of francs. 



Thus the animal productions were, as in France, equal 

 to half the value of the vegetable sure indication of an 

 exhausting culture ; whilst both in England and Scotland 

 the former are superior to the latter, and the inclination 

 is every day further in the same direction sign of an 

 ameliorating husbandry. This return of 100 francs per 

 hectare may be thus divided : 



. Proprietor's rent, 32 francs per hectare, 10s. Od. per acre. 



Middleman's profit, 8 2s. 8d. 



Taxes, 5 Is. 8d. 



Incidental expenses, 5 Is. 8d. 



Wages, . . 50 16s. Od. 



100 32s. Od. 



Distributed over the whole population of the island, 

 the total value of agricultural production gave 100 francs 

 per head, whilst the same dividend amounted to 140 

 francs for France, and for England and Scotland 200. 

 Wages in the same way averaged 80 francs per head for 

 the labouring rural population, whilst in France it is 

 125 francs, in England 160, and Scotland 200. 



The result of these figures shows the inadequate pro- 

 duction, as compared to the whole population, and parti- 

 cularly to the rural portion. In France, our whole popu- 

 lation does not exceed twenty-six per hundred acres, 





Say 10s. or 10s. 6d. per acre. In France, the average of the same production 

 (oxen, sheep, horses, and pigs) is 8s. 6d., and in England upwards of 30s. 



