2.54 LEFPRER IE

LETT.IL 6 Become a-ferious calamity to the nation at large” not by giving an immenfe bounty on the importation of fo- reign corn, that the legiflature of Great Britain will make up

for the annual deficiency in the produce of grain; for what

is this but’ reforting to the weekly diftribution of ancient Rome, under another form, to relieve the wants of the inhabi-| tants. But it muft be by removing every obftruétion to the extention of cultivation over the wafte lands, and every bar to the raifing crops of corn, by the moft produétive modes of hufbandry on the fields already improved. As alfo by adopt- / ing every judicious regulation which will reduce the price of{ bread, and encourage the confumption of vegetable food. To effect thefe defirable objets, I humbly fubmit the following re- gulations to the confderation of the legciflature, as the prin- ciples on which laws may be founded; for encouraging agri- culture; for promoting the intereft of proprietors, cultivators,

and manufa@turers; and finally for adding to the wealth, capi- tal, and refources of the flate.

Regulations for promoting the improvement of the Wafle Lands, for encouraging Agriculture, and for rendering the lands more pro- du&tive, wbich are already in a fit Jlate for cultivation.

1/, À general law for dividing commons in England, a ; meafure now under the confideration of Parliament.

2dly, By heightening the import rate of foreign oats, the crop which can be firft raifed to the greateft advantage on Wafte Lands, in order to fecure to the cultivators, a fufflicient return

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