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strongly Term:nrolled by 44 The Society of Arts,"
In *hurt, the employments which Agriculture fur-
-111%60 airr numerous awl uncesiong.
In order r.nploy 4 greater 'mother of 'people,
if the climate and the soil of the [owl brought into
cultivation were Misitable, hops might he ringed,
which in favourable sessions would be highly pro-
ductive. . .

Another notirrisl object woniti be, the culture of
fbis, in the mailufacture of which, the old and the
iiiftrin might tie employed iii work-houses. This
nbiti iy onfersiftilly rNrried 11110 effect in the work-
hoto.e at St. Martin in the. Fields, and six or seven
others: awl if the raw material could be loot ined
in eufficient quantities, the it,puitatiou of foreign
tisk ur Innen would be no liniKer ',revisory. Con-
skier:tie quantities of hemp might likewise be
raised.

3. Whitt would he the bekt plan for carrying
such a nuloture into effect ?

There lb no doubt. that in in opalent a city In
that of London, a large sum mogtot be raised to
carry on such a plan, without any thought of profit
or interest. Bust there is not the least occasion for
Roy individual losing :my sum he may be dicholed
to subscribe far so useful a purpose. On the con-
trorry,if properly managed, it must prove a very be-
neficial concern. Nu stoney can be laid out with
more profit, than in the improvement of the soil.
The author of this paper purchased an estate for
8.5001. mid improved au much its value, that it sold
for 40,000/. Ile let a farm al t2O years ago for
18/1. per annum, which was likewise so much im-
proved under his directions, that it sold lately for
184001. These are facts winch ore within his own
knowledge, and coroitiot be controverted. If such
beneficial improvements could be effected 700 tulles
distant from the metropolis, what may not be ac-
complished in its immediate vicinity ? Any idea,
thereliore, that the proposed concern may prove •
loe•toog one, ought nut to be entertained for a mo-
ment.

The following heads, on the whole, are suggested,
as a immolation for the proposed institution :-
1. That the Society shall be called, The Royal
Azrirolitanl Cooupoog,pr flit Improvement of the
Lands of Me liingduni,atal promoting Domes-
tic Colonization; of which his Hopi! Highness the
Prince liegetit hr rtquested to be the patron.
2. That under the authority of Parliament, the
poem of one million (or any other sum adequate to
the purpose) lie raised by a joint stock company,
in shares of iitd. each, or twenty thousand shares in
all, for promoting au beneficial an object.
S. That the management of the concern be con-
fided to • President, Four Vice-Presidents, Fif-
teen Directors, Five Trustees, Three Auditors, •
Treasurer. an Accountant, and such other Officers
as may 1w judged necessary.
4. That the sum to be raised, shall he paid by
regular itistrilments, fro pounds at the tittle of sub-
scribing, and ten pounds every six mouths after.
wards, us the same way lie required.
5. That land shall he related or purchased, either
from the Crown, or fount private individuals, to
such an extent as the capital of the Couspauy will
esialile it effectually to cultivate.
C. That convenient accommodation shall he pro-
vici.ai in the neighbourhood of the land brought
Otto cultivation, where the Directors, and other
Members of the Compaily may reside when they
are desirous of examining the progress of tile un-
dertaking.
7. That a regular account of the improvements
carried on shall be drawn tip, awl submitted to
the considerati )))) or his Royal Highness the Pa-
tron, and of both Houses of Ptithament, and like-
wise printed for the information of the Members of
the Company, mid of the public at 'urge.
8. That the accounts of the Compass,- shall he
annually audited, said open to the inspection of all
concerned; anti that after the first your of actual
cultivation, a ilivideird of S per cent. or what* ver
other sum the protlis of the concern way yield, shall
be paid to the sub•ciibers.
9. That a neg iri.ition he entered into with the
Clinrch warden.; and Overseers of the several parishes
of Loudon and its vicinity, respecting the number of
poor they cum respectively furnish, rind the various
articles they trill chase from the Coiniiany, and
that those parishes he Keferred who 'ilk: the most
advantageous terms to the Company.
10. 'That a Meeting shall be called fur taking
the 'thrive plan into coloaderation, and for presentiog
a Petition to Parliaintnit for erecting the proposed
Company into a corporate hotly.
It cannot to- too 'Hoch inculcated in favour of any
plait fOr employing the p in liehtotiolry, that
tittle is this • ssential distinction between it "Nisei
every other 111111411" ill occupying them, that by e ul.
'tenting the soil. Foots, the girot object of human
labour, is direrily obtanied ; by industry of
pity other kind, at tarsi oily be immured indirectly,
and by nierois of exchange.
lit regard to the mintitire of the plan—the district
whirr the land is to be rented or purchased—the
tireesiary to acemninudate the labourers—
the maimer to which they Hit' to he paid or main-
tad.ed—tliti stature of the crops to he cultivated—
the mariner in which the produce is to he disposed
of—and other nitwitw particulars, it would be vain
to attempt to eillatgL t. WM them at this time, as
they must depend on such a variety of circum-
stances, and can be safely confided to those who
are placed to the direction.