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LETTER XLVI. 



Dublin, Sept. 24, IBIS. 



THE kind attention of the Bishop of Meath 

 procured us the acquaintance of a gentleman 

 extensively engaged in the management of 

 some of the first estates in Ireland. Latterly 

 the agency business of landed property has 

 been undertaken by men of talent and cha- 

 racter ; the consequences of which, as might be 

 expected, are beneficial to all parties ; for while 

 fair dealing is observed towards the tenant, the 

 strictest justice is done to the proprietor. 



Such, however, is the competition for small 

 farms and holdings, and so completely do the 

 applicants lose sight of their true value, in their 

 extreme solicitude for the occupation of them, 

 that the greatest difficulty is frequently imposed 

 on a conscientious agent in his election of a 

 tenant. His own opinion his suspicions nay, 

 his individual conviction of the highest bidder, 

 being the most ineligible occupier, will scarcely 



