The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-09-27 00:00:00

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at 90s. a quarter; I call three quarters of wheat,
and five quarters of barley, a full crop.
What profit will remain to the farmer, under these
circumstances?-After deducting the especial, he
Kill have I2s. a year per acre.

• - Lunn', eo die .fungi, 1814. •
PATRICK MILNE. lisq. in the Chair.
' JOHN BENET", Esq. called in ; and exaaiintd.
' In what part of England do you reside ?—lti Wilt-
shire.
You are a considerable landholder in thit part of
the kingdom ?—Yes.
And occupy part of Oar own la'nd ?--le.. ,
To what extent do yoti occupy ?-r-About gobo
acres of land ; the estimated rent Of toy firm is tiboul
20001. per ann.
have you farmed this lanO for stay' considerable:
time P—l have farmed part Of it fin. More than 220
years.
And have generally turned your attention to thi
agriculture of the kingdom ?—Yes.
What do you conceive to be the increase in the
rents of land since the year 1792, from the beginning,
of the war ?—I conceive there has been a rise of
about 50 per cent.
Has the expellee of farming risen in the same prii•
portion ?—*-1 think in a much greater proportion,
considering taxes and all outgoing expences.
Do you think the sixpences have doubledi—l
think they have, certainly.
Is the capital requisite for carrying on a farming
concern doubled ?—I think rather More.
Has the pate of labour doubled ?—lt has don-
' bled Within twenty years. 1' paid Os. a week with-
,in t a euty years baiknd "•:i now I pay the same men.
12s. and task labour has increased in a greater pro.
.4itrliftn• ..•
Most of the labour on a farm is now done by task?
'`.—Mine is, but it is not a general custom In, spy
neighbourhood ; my task labourers are. at this Pao-
Mont earning 18s. a week.
Can you, from recollection, state the propor.
tion of increased expenditure on a farm since the
year 1804?--The increase of daily lobo* eince
that time, has been from eight or nine to twelve
shillings. •
have other expenses increased in the same pro-
portion ?—Certainly.
Capital, expellees, machinery, &c. and all outgo.
ings P—l think they have increased in as great a pro-
portion as labour. For instance, smith's work is in-
creased from 4d. per pound to 6d., though the iron
itself is cheaper than ever it was known to be in my
memory. Carpenters, :at ail other artifiCers em-
ployed by the farmer, are incise/Id in the same pro.
port ion. •
Taking into consideration all those circumstances
of increased expellee in the thahagemerst of a farm,
at what price, upon lands of a fair average gustily,
do you think that wheat can be grown at present, so
as to atrord an adequate remonerationto the grower;
taking also into consideration its being an average
crop ?—I conceive it cannot pOssibly be grown un-
der 12s. a bushel, the Winchester measure. At I
time when wheat was 6s. a bushel, the price of la-
bour was six shillings a week in my neighbourhood,
consequently as labour has risen to twelve shallop,
a week, I conceive that wheat should fairly
to the aims; but I do not go on that ground only,'
but I go on the calculation of the expellees of culti.
'ration.
What do you think would have been, in the year
1804, a fair remunerating price ?—As wages wit gp.
a week al that time, I think 9s. a bushel. I think
the lahoureis wages is a fair criterion, as every thing
has followed it nearly. •
Do you apprehend that the inks of labour can
be materially diminished, 'if the taxes remain at
what•they now are ?—I sro not think it is possible
to diMinish the price of labour materially ; •My idea
is, that labourers will be so numerous they will be-
come a charge On "the parishes, Cotisequeetly on the
lands.
Do you apprehend then filo ettliera.will be a difai-
Dished deMand for labourers rn the CoiliiiiiylL6h-Vir-
taitily ; there is already a dtmination in'thisilieriand
for labourers./
'l'o allot do you ascribe this diminution of de-
.inand ?--To the low price of corn entirely. I have
myself declined employing labourers to break up 60
acres of land, for which I bid ollered 31. an acre
'about four months ego. there now three Mew piring
end burning 10 acres Of limit% 'end furze land at SO.
an acre, for which I Offered 31. about four *Oaths
.ago. There are now in,i'int Paiish several men not of
, . . oy, going to the fairish for work on the roads,
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rowing stone.
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. . t this the case generalq in*ltshire?—l do not
*think it is, over the whole courtly.
Do you apprehend that Ibis diminished dematid
.for labour will beco,pio. general?—'l imagine it will
~...iwome very general, Mid' to a great amount. I Con-
xceive that many Mew employed in works of im-
. provement and ornament by land-owners, will be
discharged ; and that every farmer will Curtail Ms
nomber of workmen as much' as possible. IWe
already discharged every stiPieriaoss laboorir; In
*peaking of labour, I mean daily labour, not tail'
work, as there is very little task work done in my
neighbourhood.
[To be continua.]

A write* JAcon M ACAN, Arnutgb, het lip.
Iropriatecl the sum of 1001. yearly,- for the purpose
'of establishing a school on the Lancasterian-plan in
`lsis native city. That his intention may' he immedi-
'itely carried into effect, he has generously remitted
from India the sum of 3501.
• At Lewes new sheep fair, on Wedneiday last,
there were upwards of 30,000 penned.
RUBBERY IY THE BANK.—Satarday evening the
21th inst. a Mr. a clerk in the Ba kW,
England,. was taken into to:stay:in his 'office, and
underwent a private examination before some of the
Directors, charged with being concerned in stealing
250 i. in harik'notes,.aboot three months since, some
Aar which had been (raced'to have passed through the
'Wand hf1.1%-..0.1 in the .Binh,.stod'whiCh were sup-
posed to have been cf!apiked for others. This being
st;l'ctTwaTchid; !provod to he' the ease. 'Any
further Piiriiitilers We 'diWine mentioning, is there
''ls reason ici 'in'pprfien(here eye -Wars continental ID
u.Coatmlitat.)a is custody.

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