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 of the landlord's rent, fo would be hh 



profit. Suppofe fuch a perfon to have 



^ per cejit, per annum oil the clear improve- 

 ment, old rent and interefl of money 

 paid, fuch 'a profit in large undertakings 

 would make it anfv/er to faperior kinds of* 

 improvers to give their attention to the 

 bufmefs: but in the improvement of fmall 

 cftates that would be infufficient. Thus, 

 if an improvement yielded 300 /. a year 

 clear, the condudlor of it would have i^ L 

 a year j but as the work would require 

 near a year's attention, fuch a perfon mufl 

 either contra6l for the improvement of fe- 

 veral contiguous eftates at once, or he 

 would not be fufficiently paid for his time. 

 Upon fome plan of this nature, I fhould 

 apprehend it no difficult matter to procure 

 a proper perfon for the work. 



The expenditure of 10,000/. in the 

 above proportion of 337/. yields a clear 

 profit of 153 1 /. per ajinufn. An objecl of 

 confcquence to the largeft fortunes ! 



I have in thefe fuppofitions confined 



myfelf to wet and ftiff foils but with 



thofe very dry ones that are improved by 



marie, chalk or clay, or by laying down 



to fainCuine; the profit is yet greater j for 



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