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park and farms, as wish it, part of their wages in meal, at a moderate rate; and it is also intended hereafter, to let them have mutton, and other meat, at somewhat under the market price. By the effecting of which, the poor man will have these essential articles twenty per cent. cheaper, and avoid the tax his penny is now subject to, when carried to the meal-man, or shopkeeper.

The whole of this grand establisnment was formed, and is car- ried on, under HIs MalEsT v's personal, and gracious attention, for the most laudable purposes; and the operative management of it, is delegated to my uncle, Mr. Kent; who, J am persuaded, feels the honour conferred on him on this occasion, as a high re- ward, for a life, which has been devoted to the study, and pro- motion, of agriculture.

It is evidently, upon a great and rational scale, exemplary of imitation, respecting economic labour, and comfort to the poor man; creative of considerable produce from land, which before lay barren; and, when considered in all points of advantage, the neat husbandry on the farms, the rural beauties of the park, the magnificence of the castle, and the views of the adjoining country; I may venture to say, that the whole, forms one of the finest ob- jects in Europe.

The good effects resulting from the foregoing liberal, and praise-worthy establishment, have, although the object is still in its infancy, manifested themselves on several occasions. And though it may, in some degree, be considered a local improve- ment, I trust its good qualities, will soon make it an example, generally followed, and diffused over all parts of the kingdom.

How very few parishes are there in England, but could have, under certain regulations, a parochial mill, for the benefit of the poor belonging to it—or, if that could not be established for the general welfare of its inhabitants(an inference, I conceive, in this liberal age somewhat unfair to start), what should hinder a parish from making its overseer a kind of shopkeeper, to supply the poor with necessary articles at such a price as carried no profit with it, after it left the grower, or manufacturer?— These

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