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23 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

T knew that the contrary may be, and often is the caſe, and that the abuſe of a good cuſtom is no argument againſt the cuſtom itſelf: but I alſo know that there are no poorer or more wretched people in the county than the occupants of leaſehold eſtates, and that the ſons and grandſons of moſt of the original leaſeholders are not to be found upon ſuch eſtates —A middle man is the devil—all the world knows the conſe- quence of this cuſtom in Ireland—zbe little lords of this coun- try are in the ſame predicament,

Differences between Landlords and Tenants.

“ The juſtices might ſettle all differences* and diſputes be- twixt the landlords and tenants, inſtead of the preſent expen- ive mode of courts of judicature. The diffferences are gene=- rally of a trifling nature, and eaſy to be comprehended. The tenant would be more likely to obtain redreſs under this mode of judicial enquiry, and the landlord would prevent abuſes to his land: he nay now be withheld, under certain circumítances, from corre&@ing a refractory tenant, which might be too heavy for any redreſs the landlord could obtain; and the damages given too grievous for a tenant to bear,

SECT. 6.— E xpences.

Authentic Statement of a Farm, communicated by Mx. HexNRv HARPER, of Bank Hall.

j Hed Slide LUS A Yearly Rent- 2705 0 0| Taxes-= dA OO

— 3I5 0 0

* With a Sroper jury perhaps they might. But how would fuch ſum- mary proceedings operate on the pockets of a molt numerous tribe in this country, the gentlemen of the law?—4, D,

9 Outgoings