more than two million acres, and under the adminis- 

 tration of a public board, are felled in portions annu- 

 ally, so as to cut them every fifty years. The fiftieth 

 part which was cut last year (the price of wood 

 having improved), produced, as stated to me by the 

 chief of the department, the sum of forty-eight thou- 

 sand pounds sterling, being at the rate of five-pence 

 halfpenny the acre on the whole of the woods, or 

 twenty-four shillings on the part actually cut. 



So little land belonging to Individuals is let, that it 

 is difficult to form an opinion of what is its actual 

 average annual value. That it is much lower than 

 formerly. I have no doubt. 



One instance came under my own observation. 

 The proprietor of a large domain had let a farm, con- 

 sisting of about seven thousand acres, on a lease, for 

 the usual term of six vears, at a rent of eight hundred 



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and fifty pounds. That lease had expired just before 

 I visited the place. The tenant had lost a great deal 

 of his property, and the peasants had diminished in 

 number ; and a new lease had been taken by the same 

 tenant (for no other could be found) at the rate of one 

 hundred and seventy pounds. 



I knew of one farm of about four thousand acres, 

 let on a lease for six years, about four years ago, for 

 one hundred and eighty pounds. The proprietor of it 

 assured me, that though he received his rent regularly, 

 he was convinced the tenant paid the whole of it out 

 of his capital, and was only enabled to maintain his 

 engagements from having other pursuits which were 

 profitable. This estate' is not more than twelve 

 miles from AVarsaw, and has an excellent road to 

 within one mile of it. 



Another instance of an estate recently let on lease, 

 was related to me by the gentleman who had engaged 

 to take it. It consists of about two thousand three 

 hundred English acres : two-sevenths of it is water 

 meadow, on the banks of the Vistula, producing 



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