[ 4°° ] 

 Deduct as above, - - 204 



Clear profit, being 33 per cent.'] 



interefl of capital, and rent >■ 363 

 paid, j 



Suppofe the chace contains ten thoufand 

 acres, the clear profit on the improvement 

 would, to his Majefty, be 83 1 3/. per a?inum, 

 interefl of capital paid. 



When you come to apply figures to this, 

 and proportion it to larger undertakings, it 

 will appear that the improvement of wafte 

 land (to whoever belonging) is an object 

 highly worthy the attention of the legif- 

 lature. 



I would undertake to realize this calcu- 

 lation on any wafte land in England ; and 

 I hope one day to prove inconteilibly, that 

 the improvement of our wailes would 

 provide a fund furricient to pay off the 

 national debt in a moderate number of 

 years, or remain applicable to any purpofe 

 which the legiflature thought more impor^ 

 tarit. 



Two points remain to fpeak to ; firft, it 

 is aiTerted, by thofe who would have us to 

 believe the kingdom in a moft, deplorable 

 fituation, that thofe very riches, boafted of 

 by others, with the numerous taxes that 

 form the public revenue, raife the price of 

 provifions fo greatly, that labour is confe- 



quently 



