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THE RURAL PROBLEM 



APPENDIX G. 



AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACRES PER LABOURER EMPLOYED 



ON TENANT FARMS. 



On pp. 74 to 77 of the Acreage and Live Stock Returns for 191 1 

 (Cd. 0021) are shown the total number of holdings (above 1 acre) 

 in each county, with the average size of the holdings, also the 

 acreage of holdings occupied by the owners, and the proportion 

 of such acreage to the total acreage. By multiplying the first two 

 together, the total acreage for each county is obtained, and sub- 

 tracting the acreage occupied by owners, we get the total acreage 

 of tenant farms for each county. 



On pp. 114 to 117 of the Report on the Decline in the Agricul- 

 tural Population (Cd. 3273) are given the total number of shep- 

 herds and agricultural labourers employed in each county. 

 Deducting a number in each case proportionate to the acreage 

 occupied by ow lers, we get the number in each county of shep- 

 herds and agricultural labourers (added together) employed on 

 tenant farms. 



The average number of acres for labourers is found by dividing 

 the number of acres of tenant farms in each county by the number 

 of labourers employed. 



It should be noted that the numbers shown in Cd. 3273 are 

 those of the 1901 Census, and these are the latest figures available, 

 those for the last Census not having appeared when the table was 

 compiled. The latest figures may considerably affect the results 

 arrived at. 



In calculating the acreage, no account has been taken of 

 mountain and heath land, as this is not included in the Return 

 on pp. 74 to 77 of Cd. 6021. But as much of this land is land for 

 which no rent or only a very small rent is charged, it was thought 

 that for the purpose of this inquiry it might be neglected, more 

 especially as it would be used for grazing, which would only 

 employ comparatively few men. 



* Pages 74-77, Acreage and Live Stock Returns for 1911 (Cd. 6021). 

 t Pages 114-117, Report on the Decline in the Agricultural Popu- 

 lation (Cd. 3273). 



