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  Most undoubtedly.

23. Are you acquainted with the state of the neighbouring poor in your neighbourhood?

I am.

26. Would the money to be expended in completing the Railroad be a gain to the neighbouring poor in your district?

Most desirable; of immense service. 



1. Are you a farmer?

I am.

3. Do you occupy any land near Leighton Buzzard?

I do.

4. How many acres?

Nearly 200; and about 400 in Oxfordshire.

6. How near is this land to the proposed line of Rail-road?

Within a few poles; about a furlong.

7. Do you consider the proposed Railroad of advantage or disservice to your land there?

A most essential service.

8. In what way do you think it would be advantageous to yourself and other farmers through whose land it passes?

There can be no question at all that the system of farming a grass land, in particular, would be in a considerable degree changed; we should be able to send to London a different kind of produce, and much better.

15. Are you prevented from sending many lambs to the London market from the difficulty of sending them by the road? 