OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN ENGLAND AND WALES
| Number of Owners. | Class of Owner. | Acres. |
| 400 | Peers and Peeresses | 5,729,979 |
| 1,288 | Great Landowners | 8,497,699 |
| 2,529 | Squires[23] | 4,319,271 |
| 9,585 | Greater Yeomen[23] | 4,782,627 |
| 24,412 | Lesser Yeomen[23] | 4,144,272 |
| 217,049 | Small Proprietors | 3,931,806 |
| 703,289 | Cottagers | 151,148 |
| 14,459 | Public Bodies | 1,443,548 |
| Waste | 1,524,624 | |
| 973,011 | Waste | 34,524,974 |
While the number of owners came out at nearly 1,000,000, it will be seen that the ownership of the greater number is a very small thing indeed. For practical purposes, about 38,000 persons owned by far the greater part of England and Wales. The analysis shows:
38,214 people owned 27,473,848 acres:
average 719 acres each.
934,797 people owned 5,526,502 acres:
average 6 acres each.
Again of the 934,797 small owners:
703,289 people owned 151,148 acres:
average less than 1 rood.
As to the United Kingdom, Mr Bateman's analysis showed:
UNITED KINGDOM LAND OWNERSHIP: 1883
| Acres. | |
| Total Area | 77,000,000 |
| Owned by 2,500 persons | 40,426,000 |