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[June 1895. 



216 years increased from 300,000^. to 24.,180,000^. ; or, if the 

 comparison be confined to the available figures of the present 

 century, the annual value of real property has risen since 1815 

 from (in round numbers) 6| millions pounds sterling to 24 

 millions pounds sterling, being about 2H0 per cent, of increase. 



An increase of 58 per cent, occurred between 1815 and 1848 ; 

 of 58 per cent, between 1848 and 1867 ; of 37 per cent, 

 between 1867 and 1881 ; and of 8 per cent, between 1881 and 

 1893. 



The valuation of lands, buildings, and other property in 

 Scotland in certain years from 1814-15 onwards is given 

 showing that the rental of land, which in 1814-15 was 

 5,080,000Z., increased annually till 1879-80. It then reached a 

 maximum of 7,769,000^., when the increase was arrested and a 

 diminution set in ; the fall in agricultural rent during the 

 thirteen years ending May 1893, being no less than 1,478,000Z. 

 Since 1814-15 the rental of buildings has risen from 1,369,000^. 

 to 13,643,000^. ; and the rental of other property from 203,000L 

 to 4,247,000^. 



The following table shows the per-centage borne by each class 

 to the total valuation during the same period : — 











Year. 



Lands. 



Buildings. 



Other Property. 



1814-15 



76-4 



20-6 



3-0 



1848-49 



54-1 



33-5 



12-4 



1867-68 



42-9 



• 39-0 



18-1 



1881-82 



33-7 



52-9 



13-4 



1892-93 



26-0 



56-4 



17-6 



Another section of the report relates to the geographical 

 distribution of local rates, and a careful analysis is made with a 

 view to arrive at certain general conclusions explaining why 

 the burden of local rates is not uniform. 



The amount of direct local taxation borne by lands, houses, 

 and other property respectively in 1848 and 1893 is also 

 referred to in a separate section, and, in conclusion, Dr. Skelton 

 gives a general summary of the results of his inquiry. 



This report, Dr. Skelton adds, may be regarded as little more 

 than a rapid survey or review of the figures contained in certain 

 statistical tables which are printed as appendices to the volume. 



Report on the County of Lincolnshire, by Mr. Wilson Fox, 

 Assistant Commissioner to the Royal Commission on 

 Agriculture. [C— 7671.] Price Is. 6d. 



After reviewing the system of farming, the condition of 

 buildings, rent and tenure, in Lincolnshire, Mr. Wilson Fox says, 

 in respect of the present position of agriculture in that county, 



