THE RURAL PROBLEM 1S7 



APPENDIX H. 



RENT PER ACRE OF TENANT FARMS. 



There seem to be no proper official statistics on this point, 

 and certainly no recent ones. The general opinion seems to be 

 that the average value of agricultural land in Great Britain is 

 20s. per acre, but of course this varies enormously in different 

 counties and in different parts of the same county. Consequently, 

 it has seemed advisable to obtain as many facts as possible as to 

 actual rent per acre paid on different farms and on as recent 

 dates as possible. 



The following information was collected in this way : 



From the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Vol. 55 (1892), 

 in an article on " The Accounts of an Oxford College " : 



Farm in Oxfordshire (arable, 109 acres ; pasture, 78 acres). 

 Rent per acre in 1890, 19s. (Tenant paying tithe.) 



Farm in valley of Upper Thames, Berkshire (2,181 acres). Rent 

 per acre in 1890, 20s. (College paying tithe.) 



Farm near Banbury (824 acres). Rent per acre in 1890, 

 26s. 6d. (No tithe.) 



Farm near Oxford (arable, 87 acres ; pasture, 88 acres). Rent 

 per acre in 1890, 27s. (College paying tithe.) 



Do., do. Rent per acre in 1890, 30s. (No tithe.) 



Farm on a hilly slope near Bath (317 acres). Rent per acre in 

 1890, 24s. (Tenant paying tithe.) 



Farm in Kent. Rent per acre in 1890, 16s. 6d. (College paying 

 tithe.) 



From an article " Agricultural Depression ... its Effects on 

 a Leading London Hospital," in the same volume : 



Farm in Herefordshire (9,490 acres). Rent per acre on average 

 of 3 years, 1889 to 1891, 23s. 3d. 



Farm in Lincoln (6,891 acres). Rent per acre on average of 3 

 years, 18S9 to 1891, 34s. 



Farm in Essex (8,785 acres). Rent per acre on average of 3 

 years, 1889 to 1891, 14s. 2d. 



From Rural England, by Sir II. Rider Haggard. He made 

 inquiries in 27 counties in England in 1901 and 1902 : 



