LETTER 



TO 



THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL, 



SECRETARY OF STATE, 



ON THE MEANS OF EMPLOYING THE UNEMPLOYED OPERA- 

 TIVES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; ALSO OF AF- 

 FORDING A SECURE AND IMMENSE RETURN TO GOVERN- 

 MENT FOR THE OUTLAY. 



Sir, 



There are of unimproved lands, in Scotland 

 alone, 14,218,224 acres ; triple that quantity in 

 Ireland; and nearly as much in England. One 

 half of which, particularly in Scotland and Ireland, 

 can be improved by planting, and will carry trees 

 to maturity ; the greater part of such land, parti- 

 cularly in the Highlands of Scotland, and many 

 parts of England and Ireland also, lie contiguous to 

 arms of the sea, which afford facility for exporta- 

 tion at little expense. I could point out thousands 

 of acres of such land that is not paying the pro- 

 prietors one shilling per acre, and every acre of it 

 will grow excellent timber, with only the expense 

 of enclosing and planting. 



Supposing government to become feuars of such 

 lands, say to the amount of 10,000 acres, less or 



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