THE RURAL PROBLEM 1 II 



classes — bottom lands, which fetch about 24s. an acre ; hill-side 

 farms, estimated at 12s. ; and hill-top sheep runs, worth 5s. an 

 acre. 



Essex. 



Saffron Waldcn, rents 5s. to 20s. 



Near River Stour, 40s. to 60s. ; high land close by, 5s. to 15s. 



Epping, lis. to 15s. 6d. ; pasture rent up to 40s. 



Maldon, 15s. to 5s. 



Near Southend, rents 6s. to 40s. 



Chelmsford, 12s. to 25s. 



Hertfordshire. 



North, near Royston, chalky land, 15s. ; pasture rents, 25s. 



Near Buntingford, 10s. to 15s. 



Near Hitchin, average rent, 17s. 



Western side, heavv hill land, 7s. 6d. to 20s. ; low land, medium 

 land, 17s. to 30s. 



Near St. Albans, 20s. 



Near Hatfield, rents on farms near rail, 26s. ; other rents, 10s. 

 to 15s. 



Near Watford, poor arable, 10s. ; pasture, 30s. to 40s. 



Near Rickmansworth, 20s. to 30s. 



Cambridgeshire. 

 Near Wisbech, rents of uplands, 12s. to 25s. ; fen, 15s. to 30s. 

 Eastern side, 20s. 

 Southern side, 7s. to 20s. 



Huntingdon 

 Rents, 20s. to 40s. 



Oxford. 

 Near Bicester, average rents, 18s. 

 Near Banbury, average rents, 24s. 

 Near Henley, average rents, 18s. (hill land). 



Northampton. 

 Near Rockingham, 35s. to 40s. 

 Near Market Harborough, up to 36s. 

 Near Northampton, 20s. to 36s. 

 Near Brackley, 15s. to 25s. 



Lincolnshire. 

 Near Banks of River Humber, 40s. to 50s. 

 Near Brigg, 20s. to 25s. 

 Near Caistor, 7s. 6d., 9s., lis , and 12s. 

 Near Saltfleet. 40s. to 50s. 

 Between Lincoln and Market Rasen, 5s. to 10s. 

 South Lindsey or Horncastle district, 20s. to 60s. 

 Generally in Lincolnshire the rents vary from 10s. to 30s. 



