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" object which seeks to promote the general well-being of the 

 " labourers on the farm." 



Both in respect of the Learmouths and of Ho wick it is stated 

 to be the rule that in the division of the profits account is 

 taken only of labourers hired for the year, and that the share 

 allotted to persons less than two years in Mr. Grey's service is 

 paid into the reserve fund, the receipt of bonus being confined 

 to those who have been at least two years in his employment. 

 The ratio of bonus to wages is reported to have been as follows : 

 The labourers employed at East Learmouth received in 1887-91 

 inclusive an addition to their wages at the average rate of 

 4"3 per cent. At West Learmoutii (1890-91 inclusive) there 

 was no bonus. Since the amalgamation of these farms in 1891 

 there has been no bonus. The bonus paid to the labourers at 

 Howick (in 1887-93 inclusive) has averaged 1^ per cent, on 

 their wages. At Chevington Moor no bonus has yet been paid. 

 The total extent of Mr. Grey's profit-sharing farms is 3,765 

 acres — 1,290 permanent pasture, 2,475 arable. There are em- 

 ployed thereon in all 118 hired servants, exclusive of additional 

 labourers engaged temporarily to the number of about 50 each 

 year. 



Similar details are given of the systems of profit sharing in 

 operation on farms belonging to Lord Wantage, the Marquis of 

 Hertford, the Hon. T. A. Brassey, and others. 



Royal Commission on Agriculture. Minutes of Evidence with 

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This volume contains the evidence of 39 witnesses who were 

 examined by the Koyal Commission on Agriculture between the 

 9th November 1893 and the 16th March 1894. The volume 

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 the witnesses ; Appendix B. comprises a series of tables showing 

 the estimated production of cereals and the numbers of live stock 

 in Great Britain, together with a statement of the prices of live 

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 of grain and flour in diflerent European countries and the United 

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 Land Office Inspectors of the Board of Agriculture as to the 

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