36 Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture 



ten years 1846 (repeal of the Corn Laws) to 

 1855 it rose about 2,000, to 26,000 (i.e., 

 gross). From 1855 to 1875 the average 

 annual gross rent rose to 35,000; but 

 from 1876 to 1895 the average annual gross 

 rental received fell to 27,000. 



But the mere gross rental is of course 

 quite misleading ; though with improving 

 agriculture and stable prices it no doubt 

 implies a corresponding rise in the net 

 income. For the first twenty years 1816 

 to 1835 the net income was 9,000 ; and 

 in the next twenty years 1836 to 1855 

 it rose to 11,000 per annum. 



But taking 1856 to 1875 (the next twenty 

 years), the net income had fallen to 8,000, 

 and this in spite of the high rents 

 obtained from 1869 to 1874, tne average 

 net income being about 14,000 per 

 annum for these years. 



From 1876 to 1895 tne average net 



