PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE LAND. 25 



plenty of land to choose from for .all the large towns in 

 England and Wales : 



Mountain and Heath Lands in England and Wales. 



Acres. Acres. 



In the county of Surrey = 13,136-1 



Kent 6,636} = 36,502 



Sussex = 16,730) 



Suffolk = 30,732) 



Norfolk = 44,101 J " 



Yorkshire = 546,388 



Northumberland = 471,303\ 



Cumberland = 262,859 ( 



Durham = 53,874 f 



Westmorland = 208,832/ 



,, ,, Devonshire = 160,188 v 



Cornwall = 56,715 1 



Somerset = 51,031 f 



Dorset = 27,326J 



In other English counties = 374,773 



Total in England = 2,324,624 



In Wales = 1,270,470 



I do not ask London, or any of the other large towns, to 

 launch out upon a big scheme at once, but I fail to see why an 

 experiment should not be made on a moderate scale. Let us 

 take Surrey, Kent, and Sussex. Out of the 36,502 acres of 

 mountain and heath land a few thousand acres might be 

 acquired. On this area I should start planting on a small 

 scale under an efficient superintendent, so as to train a small 

 establishment to the work. The men so trained would subse- 

 quently act as foremen. When pressure comes in winter-time 

 in London, the unemployed would be sent to the estate and 



