, 1881-06-12
ENGLISH RENT-DECLINE.
4 Serious Prospect for Landlords and
Tenants.

Tai Mat E1-fttt-
| Mr.. Surge, Of Birmingham, has made 4
careful Investigation into the reductions Of
rent which have lately taken place on the
reletting Of farms in all parts of England, and
the result is not only Interesting but start
ling. In Lincolnshire many FARMS in the fen
! districts would be let rent free to any tenant
who would pay rates and taxes; heath land has
| fallen u per cent; marsh land 30 to 10 per
! cent; and clay land 40 to 30 per cent. In
West Norfolk farms OIL chalk soils have fall
Ell about Il per cent, many on light, sandy
soils are unlct. Good fen land in Hunts has
fallen over 50 per cent, and Is even then diff
cult to let; tenants cannot be found tor clay
land at fall OF - per cent, and the value Of
freehold land is estimated to lave fallen
more than Il third.
lately LET ut us Ill acre, las now been let on
lease at BUS. the landlord having first laid out
Es,0n0 OH improvements. Il l50-acre farm
lhalf grass has fallen from s's per acre to
29s. III West Shropshire many tenants lave
given notice to leave; others remain at re-
ductions of from 20 to 20 per cent In
Worcestershire allowances have been made
OF from - to 10 per cent, and on one large
cut. cstate only one farm Is occupied. and tie
six before t6av e re- ena to
into condition again. 1T North Warwick
shire 4 farm let for many years at Zoo has
been relet at ZOO, after Il considerable out
lay BY tile landlord OH new buildings An
late at 3ss til, is III the market, the tenant re-
tlsIng TO remain ut 20S. In Central and
South sfarWickshire there have been redtlc-
tons or ~ to 80 per cent, aud Il great number
0f farms are vacant. LII one parish of 3.UOO
acres four-ifth5 are unoccupietl.
Ill EeufortiShlre new lettings are -, 80. and
Is per cent below old rates. \ farm recently
let at 3GS IN acre, is now occupied
acres i; let rent free on condition that the
tenant Keeps It IN cultivation; on an estate uf
5ou3 acres 500 have been rcIet ut All average
1e.l,ctlon In OF q per cent. On another property
1;too acres are IL the market. The fall lit
EsseS r.; IS 10 to 20 per cent;,a farm let up to
Mfcttae!tli1s at f3l5 Il year is now let ut El0O
~ OStordshlrc four-ffths OF III estate Of
@'WJ5 acres are tnoccupied, and in another
part Ut the county, twenty-one farms are to
let at nominal rents. In Somerset tic fail in |
arabic land is about 80 per cent Tie rrntai |
OF "a Glouccstershlre parish extending over
= ooo acres res has diminished 81, 900 y year. In !!
North Wits 10000 acres are to let OH one |
estate, and great area Of land is going out !
OF cultivation: \ FARM in South Willis, |
recently let at 800 Il year, has been let at |
44'o. On one estate III West Sussex 5000 |
acres are te'ntIess. ard OIL another III West |
llerts e,Ght large farms out OF ten are on the
F.. In tie south OF Scotland reductions Of |
lroI,i ~ to 50 per cent have usually been
made OIL new ls:lscS. 1t is of course. hcco1u-
lil@ increasingly difficult tO sell land unless
tle situation Is exceptionally goott, and there
IS every rcasoh tu expect that I'LL enormous |
number OF farms will be given up ut Mich
aeif'ias. Good grazing. and dairy farms are
now the only ones for which anything like |
The old rel,ts can be obtained and landlords
lre willing ald eager to let u11 tcrlus wicj, |
they would have secuted with Indignation |
only Il few years since.
The SERIOUSNESS OF the prospect next wiu-
ef cannot DC exaggerated. for it is certaju !
hat thousands Of labnrers will be thrown out
u "'rk- whose only resource will lie thu par
81: At present in many localities the un-
satisfactory State Of things causes the 1}psI-
ion ut farm servants to be must wrrtrilrI.
llttt small s!1oplGepcrs in country villages
lfe Unwilling to give credit even for Il loaf
i bre;d. never feeling sllre t1nt ut the r,u Of
ne week THEIR customer ltl:ey not be- throw, |
ny OF Work. Landowners with large s,,,i-
I'LL Incomes. who have 10 pay iointure, inter-
sc oil mortgages, anu other charges, Just ;.s
lley nag 70 TO IN days Of prosperity, are in :,
oIi5 pitSit: ANT snille whose rentals amount |
. tells III thousands have not at tilr,r dis
oSal rs many hundreds; as they aru believed !
. have thousands. and in few eases tho re-
uctlun has made the real Income of say
. 'No out OF III, COO {the difference bytwpsi,
TOSS receipts and net i,aiance after deduct
ny 0utgoinEs) absolutely disappear 1t il
ot strange that one Of the principal house |
gents Ill London should have enough ..sc;l-
IN houses" to let tu fill Il large volunc-
,ien LII other years at this time Il single page
'ou1d have sullIccu for those OIL his hands.
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4 Threatened strike.
The telegraph opcrntorso Of Great Britain b:yc
m agitation for increased my and
70 STRIKE II they Ito not yer their desire