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land-tax is levied by rack-rents, more equi- 

 table than it is in cafes where it is paid by an- 

 cient valuation, as it was in Middleton when 

 the Inclofure took place : but it cannot in 

 either cafe be ftridtly equitable ; nor approach 

 lb near to flrid: equity, as a valuation accor- 

 ding to circumftances at the time of inclo- 

 fure. 



On this alone an equitable divifion of 

 commonable lands can be made : not with 

 refpedt to land only j but with regard to 

 every other fpecies of commonable property. 

 Whatever benefit the feveral intercfts, and 

 the individuals of the refpcdtive interefts, 

 rightfully enjoyed previous to the inclofure 

 or were, in reverfjon, rightfully entitled to, 

 (as dormant lands and houfes), fuch propor- 

 tional benefit they are feverally entitled to, 

 under the Inclofure. 



Before I take leave of this fubjcd, I will 

 note the effcds of the three different means 

 of Inclofure which have been, in different 

 townfhips, made ufe of in this Diflridt : 

 namely, 



1. Inclofure by Exchanges, &:c. 



2. Inclofure by private commiflion. 



3. Inclofure by kdi of Parliament. 

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