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considerable; Mr. C^ane enumerated the following 
expenses attending it:—Firstly, original planting in 
ridges, per acre 2l.; this is to be repaid by the green 
crops attending it, or by future profit. 
Ordinary Expenses . 
Per Acre. 
£ s. d. 
Cultivation with the plough and kerf .. 0 16 0 
Poles, 2,Q00 to an acre, cost 81. interest of capital - - 0 8 0 
-- ^00 per acre, wear out annually, at 8s. - - - 0 16 0 
Tying, per acre, 4s.; picking, on the average, ll. 4s. - 1 8 0 
Drying and cokes, 7s. 6d.; rent and taxes, 2l. - - - 2 7 6 
Manure as before stated -------- - 1 26 
Cloth for sacking, ll.; tithe, ll, - -------200 
Duty at 2d, per lb. suppose 6 cwt. per acre - - - - 5 12 0 
Drink. 0 10 0 
Total - - - 15 0 0 
If the produce, be less.,|the duty is of course less; 
but I strongly suspect the picking and manure to be 
under-rated, if not the general culture; and that the 
annual average expenses are not less than 151. per acre; 
the rent too is here put low. 
The duty is now 2d. per lb. it has been 2|d, but 
the planters beginning to break up the hop-yards for 
corn, it was reduced to 2d.; it has been this year, 
1807, laid in speculation at 80, to 86,0001. but I have 
not heard the real amount. 
Tithe. The rector has a right to collect the tithe of 
hops in kind, if not otherwise agreed with ; he may 
take every tenth basket when green, or when sacked 
and dried, may take every tenth sack; allowing 25s. 
per hundred for drying, sacking, and duty. 
With 
