[171]. See Chap. III. p. 82.
[172]. Norf. 1,292,300, Suff. 938,760, = 2,241,060. Of these I believe only about 2,000,000 are actually under cultivation, which would reduce the quotient to sixty-three acres and two-thirds per hide.
[173]. Of which only 900,000 are computed to be now under cultivation: this reduces the quotient to 128·5 acres per hide; and the ratio of cultivated to uncultivated land is as 7:23, taking the hide at 30 acres; and as 77:223 taking the hide at 33 acres.
[174]. Enumeration Abstract, etc., 1841. I have also used the tables found in Mr. Porter’s Progress of the Nation; in these however, the total acreage, calculated apparently upon the square miles, differs slightly from the results of the Government inquiry, Mr. Porter’s numbers always exceeding those of the Blue-book.
[175]. I have taken the acreage as given in the Census of 1841, but there is another calculation which makes it amount to 32,342,400; in which case the several values must be corrected as follows. The general result is not in the least altered by this change in the factors.
| Acreage at 30 | 7,308,000 | Excess 25,034,400 | Rat. 7:25 |
| 32 | 7,795,200 | 24,547,200 | 7:24 |
| 33 | 8,038,800 | 24,303,600 | 1:3 |
| 40 | 9,744,000 | 22,598,400 | 9:22 |
| 100 | 24,360,000 | 7,982,400 | 24:7 |
| 120 | 29,232,000 | 3,110,400 | 29:3 |
[176]. This differs from the result obtained at forty acres, only by the small advance of 7⁄88: or taking Mr. Porter’s tables, of 1⁄22.
[177]. The hectare is about 2·5 acres. The calculations have been variously made. One is as follows:
| Total superficies | 52,732,428 | hect. | |
| Profitably cultured, including gardens, osieries, willow plantations, orchards, meadows and cultivated pastures | } | 30,000,000 | hect. |
| Forests and landes | 10,000,000 | ” | |
| Useless land | 7,000,000 | ” | |
| 47,000,000 | ” |
Another, and I believe sounder, calculation makes the forests and landes amount to