Limerick......... Property in very large estates-tillage farms mostly very large, but some extensive grazing farms. Londonderry....Almost all held by London Companies. Longford......... Property mostly in large estates. Meath............Some large estates, but property better divided than in most Irish counties. Monaghan.......Some large and a great many small estates. Queen's Co......Estates mostly large—but many of them are let on perpetual leases, the head lessees on these estates forming the middle class of gentry. Roscommon.....Estates very large—many let on perpetual leases, &c. Sligo..............A few pretty large estates-but a considerable proportion divided among small proprietors. Tipperary.......Some very large estates, but many of moderate sizetillage farms very small, and mostly held under mid dlemen; the con-acre very prevalent, but less so than Tyrone........... Property mostly in very large estates. Westmeath...... Property in moderate sized estates-grazing grounds extensive-tillage farms much subdivided. Wexford..... .Property in pretty considerable estates-less subdivision of land than in most other Irish counties. Wicklow.........Estates mostly large. APPENDIX CC. Extracted from M'Culloch's Geographical Dictionary, in reference to the Distribution of Property in Fee in the several Counties of England and Wales. Bedford Berkshire ................ Bucks Cambridge Cheshire.......... Some large estates-but property notwithstanding a good deal subdivided. Property much subdivided—a third of county occupied by proprietors. ....There are some large estates. Estates of all sizes-some large-but many smallsome being worth only £20, £50, to £100 per annum-size of farms equally various. ...Estates for the most part large-farms mostly small. Cornwall............... Property much divided, and " vexatiously intermixed"-farms for the most part small. Cumberland Derby Devon Dorset Durham Essex .Property much divided—a few large estates-but by far the largest portion of the county in small properties, worth £10, £20, or £200 per annum. ..(Not stated). ..Property much divided. .Property in large estates- farms mostly large. ..Estates of all sizes, from £5 to £20,000 per annum. Hampshire............Estates mostly large-farms of all sizes. Gloucester Hereford..... Hertford Huntingdon ..Property very variously divided-a few large estates -many medium, and some small. ..Few large estates-farms not generally large. ...Estates generally extensive. Kent Lancaster Leicester..... Lincoln .... Property much divided -no great estates. Yeomanry of Kent a very superior class, and some, besides their own, occupy extensive hired farms. Land in Kent held by the tenure of gavelkind, descending, in the event of the father dying intestate, not to the eldest son, but to all the sons alike in equal portions. ..........Some large estates, but property a good deal subdivided. Property mostly in large estates. ..Property very variously divided-estates from £25,000 a year to £5; but the great majority small. Middlesex ........... Property is very much divided. Monmouth .................Some large estates, but property a good deal divided. Norfolk ...............Estates of all sizes, from £40,000 a-year downwards. Northampton.........Estates generally large-few large farms. Northumberland ...Estates of all sizes, but mostly large. Nottingham .................Estates of all sizes—many small. Oxford Somerset.......... ....But few large estates-farms generally small. .Property variously divided--some estates very large Stafford ..... Surrey Sussex.......... Warwick Wiltshire Worcester York Property much divided. ..Some estates very large-others small. Westmoreland........ Similar to Cumberland. ...Some large estates-but property much subdivided. |