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AGRICULTURE ON THE RHINE.
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AGRICULTURE ON THE RHINE.
Officiai Estimate of the net Produce of Land in the following Parishes of the District
Aix-Ia- Chapelle.
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Φ о S g |
CO Ci н r4 γh r-H H г- СЧ ∣-< |
∣292,61O 13 I |
|
Forests, |
τf co ∞Φθwαθb∙σ)OM co i— cN*θN-c>otc>tc>τfQθ H QO CN t© O CN QO t© t© t© C© o ouocociCicocouoN* | |
|
⅛ ⅛ S g |
HjO e⅛H< H∣ςq H∣M l-i∣∣*t *-∏ CN (N CQ CO r-< CQ 1-1 H Ql |
12 |
|
Heath, |
Ci CO N- О LO Ci *O <O CO O LQ (N CQ О CO Ю fh CO O CN p-∣ (N CO CO P-H |
16,854 |
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Net |
F* Г” O 'Λ M H ,t< H *O CO r-^Nr-OC0iΛC0N F∙H nH r-H r∏ r÷ r∏ H |
13 |
|
Gardens, |
τf <o coqoocooi<ocoφo O CN COO(M∣O^HO<NOb∙ τf Г» σ>G0C0CCCr-<LΛQ0r-1 f-4 r-1 UQ CQ ∣-1 ɪθ Æ H I-'CN r-∏ |
46,261 |
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Net |
OO τf Ю S ∞ CO Ю cc M FH fh t© iONφNM∙*OOlC0W H |
53 |
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Meadows, |
CO τf (NTfb-ION-TfCOCOUQ CN (N MtDHWONHOIOi CN Ci CO CO <N CN —< TfiQi-HCi СЧ H OCQiOiOCOCiCOOCN (N CN (N -h CO ph τf |
187,002 |
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⅛ 2 о |
Ci OO N ∞ Tl CD Ql If. rf- ь N r→ Ci NOiQOQONOMMM |
CN |
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Arable, |
Ci CO IfioiTOOMIOONOi t© ∣-H τf C C. CO Ql ffJ iɔ Ь гм CQ CN UO t© СО гн О tθ N (N τf CQ СО CN О τf Ci СО ЮЮ г-н —■ UQ (Nb- n≠ UQ QO UO СО СО |
609,987 |
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Names of Parishes. |
Aix-la-Chapelle, 1 Eupen .... Heinsberg . . Liibeck . . . Malmedy . . . Montjoie . . . Schleiden . . . | |
senting what, under other circumstances, a tenant could
afford at the time of the valuation to pay as rent to a
landlord, nor has there been such a change since 1828
as to justify our considering this too low a valuation.
The peasants have increased in number, and in all pro-
bability their holdings are smaller now than ever. As
the peasants hold the bulk of the land, all legislation
must look chiefly to their necessities, and on their small
patches they assuredly do not grow com more economi-
cally than they used. In 1828 the cultivated land in
the district of Aix-la-Chapelle counted 1,230,276 estates
on an area of 1,624,252 morgens, each allotment con-
sequently averaging about two-thirds of an English acre.
The estimated returns from these 1,624,252 morgens
was 2,198,086 dollars, averaging, consequently, !^dol-
lars per morgen, or 5s. 4d. per English acre. The net
return from houses is stated at 503,844 dollars, to add
to the above. On these the land-tax charged was
445,393 dollars, or 16 percent. The land-tax charged
on the agricultural returns is stated on good authority to
amount to 12 per cent on the peasant’s crops. Of the
produce of large well-managed estates, of course, the
land-tax consumes but a slender proportion ; but of these
a great many enjoy an immunity from taxation that is
regarded with sore feelings by their poorer neighbours,
and allusions are frequently made to the promise of the
late king to abolish privileges and concede rights as their
substitute. The sum levied for land-tax, although
small, is felt to be oppressive, as it must be paid in hard
money ; and although practically redeemed by transfer
and inheritance, yet the tax-gatherer’s call haunts the