For remarks,&c.

LABOURERS, POOR-RATES, Ec.

TRE husbandmen of this county, are well-disposed, tractable, and honest; and, when their powers are called forth by fair en- couragement, skilful, and industrious.

Their daily pay, in the winter, is from one shilling to one shil- ling and three-pence. They come to work about seven, and stay till five; and are allowed an hour in the day for meals.

In the summer, their labour commences at six, and ends at six. They are then allowed two hours for meals; and the pay is in- creased to one shilling and two pence, and more, according to the goodness of the hand, up to one shilling and sixpence.

In the neighbourhood of towns, somewhat more is given; par- ticularly at the Eastern side of the county; but the general ave- rage of labourers' wages through Berkshire, may be estimated at about six shillings and sixpence a week, in winter, and eight shillings in summer.

Such work as is done by the great, and which I have no be- fore noticed, may,(taking the average of the county) be stated as

follows: §. d. Threshing Wheat— 2 5 per quarter. Barley 3 1 2 Oats 3 1 0 Beans and pease 1 0 Clover seed 5 o a bushel. Ditching and] Asix foot ditch at top, banking* three at bottom, and four deep.- 2 6 per pole, of 18 feet.