1 12 THE RURAL PROBLEM 



Leicester and Rutland. 



Along the northern border of Leicestershire the rents of some 

 farms go up to 10s. an acre, but the average is 30s. 



Near Loughborough, rents 15s. to 25s. per acre. 



Near Leicester the average rent is 23s., but in the case of farms 

 of under 100 acres the rent goes up to 40s. 



South-east of Uppingham, in the valley of the River Welland, 

 rents from 35s. to 40s. 



In Rutlandshire the average rent is from 15s. to 30s. 



Nottingham. 



Bassetlaw district, rents 18s. to 23s. 



Near Mansfield, rents 20s. 



Near Newark, rents 60s. 



Near Southwell, rents 18s. to 35s. in the case of farms of under 

 100 acres, and 12s. to 25s. in the case of farms of 200 acres and 

 over. 



In the Vale of Belvoir, rents 35s. to 40s. 



North-east of Newark, rents 10s. to 25s. 



Yorkshire, North and East Ridings. 

 East of Northallerton, rents 12s. to 20s. 

 Near Thirsk, rents 20s. to 30s. 



North of the River Derwent, the average rent is 27s. an acre. 

 South of the River Derwent, the average rent is 20s. to 27s. 6d. 

 In the Buckrose district, rents 12s. to 24s. 

 In the Holderness district, rents 16s. to 25s. 

 In the Howdenshire district, rents 20s. to 35s. 

 Near North York Moor, rents 17s. to 40s. 

 In the Richmond district, rents 10s. to 25s. 



Yorkshire, West Riding. 

 In the Ripon district, rents of best land 30s., and of middle 

 land 22s. 



Near Ripley and Harrogate, rents 16s. to 30s. 



In the Otley district, rents 22s. to 30s. for the best land. 



Between Leeds and Selby, rents 18s. to 30s. 



Suffolk. 

 Near Beccles and Lowestoft, rents 40s. to 60s. 

 In the Valley of the River Waveney, rents up to 40s. 

 Eye Division, rents 10s. to 17s., and 15s. to 20s., good pasture 

 20s., poor pasture 5s. 



Near Bury St. Edmunds, rents 7s. 6d. to 20s. 

 Near Long Melford, rents 6s. to 20s. 

 Near Woodbridge, rents 7s. to 25s. 



Norfolk. 

 Near Wells, salt marshes, rents 20s. to 50s. 

 Near Castle Rising, rents 5s. to 20s. 



