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LAND OCCUPIED BY FARMERS
particular account will be given of the rent in the differentcounties. A general view of the land-rents of the nine dis-1 tricts is all that can be given in this place.
The 1st district, though it contains only one-sixteenthpart of the extent, yields very nearly one-fifth of the land-rent of Scotland , or a million of pounds annually. This isabout 34 s. for every English acre of arable, and 4 s. for everyacre of uncultivated land. But some farms in Roxburghshirerent at L. 3, and a few at L. 4 per acre. In Berwickshire,L. 4, and sometimes L. 5, and even L. 6 are given for goodarable land. In East Lothian from L. 5 to L. 6, 10 s. are given,in new leases, for farms of 200 acres, and upwards *. InEdinburghshire the rent ,per acre, is from L. 5 to L.7 ; and insmall farms, L. 8 and upwards, near the city. In West Lothianit varies from L. 3 to L. 5 according to circumstances ; butin old leases the rent is much lower. Besides, in the Lo-thian counties, and more especially in the vicinity of Edin-burgh , so much of the surface is occupied by roads, inclo-sures, and pleasure grounds, that a landed proprietor cannotdraw the same rent per acre from his whole estate, as he ob-tains for particular farms, or for fields of excellent quality.
The 2d district, (though more southerly, and containingabove one-half more extent of surface), has only four-fif-teenths of that extent in cultivation, and yields only aboutL. 500,000 of rent, or half of what is drawn from the firstdistrict; or, with one-tenth of the surface, yields one-eighthof the land-rent of Scotland . This is only about 18 s. forevery English acre of the arable land, and 4 s. for the acreof mountain pasture; but several old leases are below, andmany new leases are much above these average rates. InPcebles-shire or Tweeddale, the arable land is from 30 s. to