of the county from that time to the present, 1807, being 
31 years, has nearly doubled; and that the present value 
of the county in annual rent, including the occupations 
of gentlemen, is not less than 000,0001. per annum. 
As a proof of the great alteration that has taken 
place in the value of land by improvement, or by al¬ 
teration in the value of money, or by a combination of 
both, I was informed of an estate in the Vale of 
Evesham, now worth full 5001. per annum, that was 
purchased by the ancestors of the present possessor in 
the reign of King Henry VIII. for thirty-five guineas; 
I was not informed whether this estate was freehold, or 
of an inferior tenure. 
I had good information that 1 Ol. per acre are sometimes 
given for turf land for one year to set with potatoes. 
I was also informed of the following bargain for 
land for two years.—The tenant undertook to muck it at 
the rate of 10 tons per acre, and lime at 5 tons per acre 
for turnips, then to take barley, and then to turn up 
the land to the landlord, paying no rent, but having the 
two crops for his manure and labour, and the landlord 
receiving back the land thus improved without any 
rent; this bargain being out of the common way has 
been a subject of some conversation. I make the fol¬ 
lowing estimate of this bargain 
The Tenant 
Dr, 
Contra 
Or, 
£ s. d. 
To turnips, per acre .500 
To barley ditto, 30 bu¬ 
shel, at 6s. Sd. . . 10 0 0 
Produce 15 0 0 
/ 
Expence 13 12 0 
Profit per acre 13 0 
£ s - d - 
By 4 ploughings for tur¬ 
nips, at 10s. 6d. per 
acre.2 2 0 
Ilarrowings and sow¬ 
ing ditto *...110 
Hoeings and beer .090 
Ten tons of dung 
spread at 10s. . . 5 0 0 
Five tons of lime, 
spread at 20s. ..500 
Expence per acre 13 12 O 
WORCESTERSHIRE.] 
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