TO 



MAJOR STAPYLTON, 



OF 



MTTON HALL AND WASS, YORKSHIRE: 



SIR, 



IT IS WITH SINCERE GRATIFICATION THAT I AVAIL 

 MYSELF OF YOUR KIND PERMISSION TO DEDICATE THIS WORK 

 TO YOU. 



IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN WITH THE VIEW OF PROMOTING A 

 BETTER SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY 

 THAN THAT WHICH PREVAILS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY; 

 AND I FEEL THAT IT COULD NOT BE MORE SUITABLY INSCRIBED 

 THAN TO ONE WHO HAS EXEMPLIFIED ON HIS OWN ESTATES 

 THOSE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITABLE DEALING AND PRACTICAL IM- 

 PROVEMENT WHICH I HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO INCULCATE. 



I HAVE THE HONOUR TO BE, 



SIR, 

 YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



EGBERT E. BEOWN. 



ESTATE OFFICE, WASS, YORK, 

 January 1869. 



