Limerick........ Property in very large estates-tillage farms mostly very large, but some extensive grazing farms. Londonderry.... Almost all held by London Companies. Longford......... Property mostly in large estates. Louth......... .Estates of a medium size. Meath............Some large estates, but property better divided than in most Irish counties. Monaghan.......Some large and a great many small estates. Queen's Co......Estates mostly large-but many of them are let on perpetual leases, the head lessees on these estates forming the middle class of gentry. Roscommon.....Estates very large—many let on perpetual leases, &c. Sligo..............A few pretty large estates-but a considerable proportion divided among small proprietors. Tipperary.......Some very large estates, but many of moderate size— tillage farms very small, and mostly held under middlemen; the con-acre very prevalent, but less so than in Connaught. Tyrone .............................Property mostly in very large estates. Waterford .....Estates for the most part very large. Westmeath...... Property in moderate sized estates-grazing grounds extensive-tillage farms much subdivided. Wexford..........Property in pretty considerable estates-less subdivision of land than in most other Irish counties. Wicklow.........Estates mostly large. APPENDIX CC. Extracted from M'Culloch's Geographical Dictionary, in reference to the Distribution of Property in Fee in the several Counties of England and Wales. Bedford ....... Berkshire Bucks......... Cheshire .....Some large estates-but property notwithstanding a good deal subdivided. .................Property much subdivided—a third of county occupied by proprietors. .There are some large estates. .Estates of all sizes-some large-but many smallsome being worth only £20, £50, to £100 per annum-size of farms equally various. .Estates for the most part large-farms mostly small. Cornwall............... Property much divided, and " 'vexatiously intermixed"-farms for the most part small. Cumberland Derby Devon Dorset Durham Essex ..Property much divided-a few large estates-but by far the largest portion of the county in small properties, worth £10, £20, or £200 per annum. ..(Not stated). ..Property much divided. ..Property in large estates-farms mostly large. .Estates of all sizes, from £5 to £20,000 per annum. Gloucester... .........Estates and farms of all sizes. Hampshire.. Hereford...... Hertford.................. ..Estates mostly large-farms of all sizes. ....Property very variously divided—a few large estates -many medium, and some small. .............Few large estates-farms not generally large. Huntingdon .........Estates generally extensive. Kent Lancaster Property much divided- no great estates. Yeomanry of Kent a very superior class, and some, besides their own, occupy extensive hired farms. Land in Kent held by the tenure of gavelkind, descending, in the event of the father dying intestate, not to the eldest son, but to all the sons alike in equal portions. ...Some large estates, but property a good deal subdivided. Leicester............... Property mostly in large estates. Lincoln Middlesex ..Property very variously divided-estates from £25,000 a year to £5; but the great majority small. ......... Property is very much divided. Monmouth............Some large estates, but property a good deal divided. Oxford Rutland Somerset...... Stafford Suffolk ...... Surrey Sussex.......... ....But few large estates-farms generally small. .Property variously divided-some estates very large Property much divided. Warwick............ Some estates very large-others small. Westmoreland........Similar to Cumberland. Wiltshire ............Some large estates-but property much subdivided. Worcester ............Estates of all sizes-farms mostly small. ..Property in the West and North Ridings very much sub-divided. In the East Riding less subdivided than in most parts of England-many families in this riding have held their estates for centuries. |