Note 73 — Chapter XIX · ODIMUS QUOS LÆSIMUS.
Reading edition
Total national income£1,247,000,000
Total rent for land58,000,000(Mulhall, p. 7.)
Percentage of rent to total income, 4⅔ per cent.
No.Acres.Average acres per landowner.
Large Landowners346,211,000183,000
Medium ditto8413,156,0003,760
Small ditto179,64960,912,000330
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Total180,52470,279,000390
(Mulhall’s Statistics, p. 266.)
The acreage of large and medium landowners is, therefore, less than one-seventh of the total.