p.6 COMPARISON OF TIMES. 



Per Cent. 



Tithe - . ^ - ' S^ 



Rates - - - "SO 



Manure - - - - 76 



Coltiv^atioh - - - - - 29 



Average . - „ 4- 



In remarking on the preceding particulars, I am, in the 

 first place, to note, that the Board is not in the least com- 

 mitted in drawing any of these averages. That Body sim- 

 ply ordered circular letters to be written ; and every reply 

 stands distindlly on the personal authority of the writer. 

 There ends the authority of the papers as I received them. 

 The calculations, to draw tliem into one view, I have 

 made, for the satisfa6lion of such readers as might wish to 

 know what such a general result would be. 



It does not, however, follow, that, supposing the autho- 

 rity of the letters eorre<Sl:, the averages would be the same^ 

 when a certain rise per cent. Is deduced from them. 



In this sketch, for instance, which gives 45 per cent, 

 every one of the seven articles should be of equal import- 

 ance, which is far from being the case. Manure, which, 

 if bought, stands so high in the list, may in fa6t be the 

 lowest, and, in bad times, perhaps is so *. Artisans count 

 for one, as well as labour and rent ; but that article is of 

 far inferior importance to either. The same may be said 

 of tithe and rates. 



The same observation is applicable to the particulars 

 from which these sums are drawn. In that of Labour, 

 servants' wages count with summer and winter labour ; 



-* If purchased manure be left out, the average of the other articles would tie 

 4D percent. " - 



and 



