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Does Mr. Brooke reflecl on the eiionnous 
expence of these procedures ? Does he un- 
derstand that, in order to carry his plan of 
subdividing farms into execution upon a mo- 
derate scale, it may be fairly calculated that 
the expence of tlie measure would more than 
swallow \\p the zvbole of the Jife-interest of all 
the landed pj'oprietors in England f 
Docs lie understand, tliat in laying out 
small farms, the quantity of profitable land 
taken from arable and pasture which is now 
in cultivation, and thrown into fences, (pro- 
ducing notl'iing but game and vermin to eat up 
a great portion of the remainder) will be at 
^ least one-twentieth part of ail the land in Eng- 
• land? a circumstance of itself sufficient to Con- 
ti ibute in no small degree towards a scarcity. 
Does Mr. Brooke recollect llie additional 
annual payment that the landed interest must 
lay upon the renters of estates, in conse- 
quence of such proposed expences of build- 
ing, fencing, &c. and that that incumbrance, as 
well as taxes, and all other outgoings charged 
upon the occupier, must be laid by the farmer 
upon the different articles of the produce of 
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