ty year«» the property has deftcended to his son, 

 much improved, and f^prtnkled with teneinerit*i. 

 The season may be unfavorable, and the new pro- 

 prietor, either Irum that cause, or fiom uriex[)ec- 

 led losi^es may be unable tu pay ihe quit rent fix- 

 ed by Government, and the addilKmal tax of one 

 tenth of the produce. Instead of di^tramtng his 

 properly to the extent of the deficit^ncy, he is 

 forcibly ejected, and iho land, which his father 

 found a wilderness, and left a garden, ahmjrwiih 

 ail its houses, Incomes the property of Govern- 

 Hicnt, by whom it is let to another individual. 



Thu^, any man, for a debt of, say, one hnndred 

 dollar^!, may be summarily deprived of property to 

 Centimes the amount at the discretion of a Govern- 

 ment functionary. I do not mean to imply that 

 sucft as ever bir-enthe eaFe, but the bare esti^tence 

 of the po^^sibility is sufficient to paralyze the a^'ri- 

 cultural industry of the natives* 



If, instead of extinguishing the disposition to 

 hn^iballdrJ^ by this tax, the more liberal policy of 

 a bonus upon all cultivated forest Liiids had been 

 adopted, the extensive and rich alluvial tracts in 

 ^"a^ning, would have been cukivated, and the fo- 

 rests would have fallen under the axe of ihe wood- 

 man instead of that of the pioiieer— a happy and 

 contented peasantry would then have supplied 

 the place of a restlessand hostile population — each 

 individual, having property to lose, would have 

 bren interested in the preservation of peace, no 

 jungle would have afforded cover to an enemy, 

 and, lastly the Government would have been ex- 

 empted from the ruinous expences of a war, 

 which was attended by no beneficial results. 



