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year a fee fimple of above of three hundred 

 a year clear, is undoubtedly the moft pro- 

 fitable life fuch a gentleman can make of 

 his tirrje and attention. It will probably 

 take him abundantly more time, and fome- 

 what more anxiety, to gain a patent place 

 of 300 /. a year from a minilter : and he 

 will not eafily raife 8425/. (the fum which 

 the above income will pay the intcreft of) 

 in a more certain, advantageous, or cre- 

 ditable manner. It is extremely clear, that 

 whether a gentleman wants to increafe his 



annual income or to raife a fum of 



money, there are no means half fo benefi- 

 cial, or fo eafy to be executed, as improving 

 his eftate. 



Let it be obferved, that the improved 

 land bringing 25 j. an acre rent, is to me 

 extremely clear — but for the ufe of others, 

 whofe opinion is different, fuppofe the rent 

 a guinea -, the clear profit per annum is 

 then 237 /. old rent, and intereft of capital 

 paid, which income will pay the intereft 

 of 5925 /. 



It would be nfclefs to multiply thefe fup- 



pofiiions, but let them be reduced to the 



flandard of the oldeft man, that has jogged 



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