| £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1730 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1740 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1750 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1760 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 1770 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1780 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| 1790 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
| 1800 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1810 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1815 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1820 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1825 | 2 | 19 | 6 | |
| 1830 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1835 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1840 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1842 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
[760] C. Wren Hoskyns, Pamphlet on Agricultural Statistics, p. 19.
[761] English Agriculture in 1850-1, p. 521. Cf. above, p. 331.
[762] Smith, Memoirs of Wool, i. 157.
[763] In 1908 the rental of agricultural land was 31/2 per cent, of the total income of the country. See The Times May 13, 1909.
[764] Ibid. ii. 264.
[765] Cunningham, Industry and Commerce, ii. 693. Cf. above, p. 328.
[766] Trusler, Practical Husbandry, p. 153.
[767] Farmer's Magazine (1817), p. 6. Statistics at this date, however, must be taken with caution. They were usually estimates. Cf. above, p. 334, for holdings in England.
[768] Parliamentary Reports, Commissioners (1881), xvi, 305.
[769] Parliamentary Reports, Commissioners (1881), xvi. 310.
[770] McCulloch, Commercial Dictionary (1852), p. 271.