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CONTENTS.

PACE.

CONCLUSION.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE MEANS BY WHICH THE AGRICUL-TURAL PROSPERITY OF A COUNTRY CAN BE PROMOTED 433

1. To promote tlie collection and diffusion of useful knowledge, 435

2. To give a preference to domestic agricultural productions in the

home market, - 439

3. To encourage the exportation of any surplus produce, - 440

4. To promote the improvement of waste or unproductive lands, 441

5. To encourage permanent and substantial improvements, - 442

6. To promote the establishment of corporations for carrying on be-

neficial improvements, 445

ADDENDA.

Statistical tables; or, result of thf, inquiries

REGARDING THE GEOGRAPHICAL, AGRICULTURAL ANDPOLITICAL STATE OF SCOTLAND , 1

J. Extent, - ib.

2. Climate, - - - ib.

3. Winds, - - ' - 2

4. The most celebrated mountains, and their height above the level

of the sea, - - ib.

5. Principal rivers, and the extent of territory from which they de-rive their waters, - - - 3

G. Celebrated lakes, and the size of each, - - ib.

7. State of property, - - - - 4

8. Proportion of soil cultivated and uncultivated, - ib.

9. Extent of woods and plantations, - - ib.

10. Nature of the productive soils in Scotland , - ib.

11. Number of acres in one year, under the different crops, or in fal-

low, - - - r - 5

12. Value of crops, - T - ib.

13. Live-stock, and their produce, - 6

14. Mineral state, " ib.

15. Fisheries, - 7

1G. Amount of territorial productions, - - 8

17. Manufactures of Scotland , - - - ib.

18. Commerce, - - - - ib.

19. The poor, 9

20. Population, - ib«