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Rh adapted for producing good wines, and the most renowned vineyards which are worth, under this culture, from 10,000, to 15,000 francs an arpent, would be, without it, destitute of value."

At the time Mr. Young made the calculations referred to, he estimated the gross produce of the cultivated land in England, at 50s. an acre. In 1814, sir John Sinclair estimated the gross produce of cultivated lands in Scotland, at £4 4s; and in 1812, Colquhoun made his estimate of the lands and agricultural property in Great Britain, in which he fixes the average value of an acre of cultivated land at £24 sterling.

It will be seen by the above table, that only a very few lands favoured by their situation, bear any comparison in value with the vineyards of France; what then are we to