re 5 0
" stiff " " 7s. to 10 0
Common hurdles, each 5

OCCUPIERS OF LAND.

In 1816 there were said to be 589,374 occupiers of land in Great
Britain[767]--

With incomes under L50 114,778
Between L50 and L150 432,534
Over L150 42,062
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589,374
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In 1907 there were 510,954 occupiers of one acre and more.

MULHALL'S CALCULATION OF AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES IN ENGLAND.

Bailiff. Shepherd. Labourer. Woman. Boy.

1800 L20 L16 L12 L8 L6
1850 40 25 20 10 8
1880 52 36 30 15 10

The average annual cost of living of an agricultural family of five
was in 1823 L31, in 1883, L37.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT BY A. YOUNG OF PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND
FROM 1200 TO 1810 ON THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTING FACTS
IN 1810 BY THE NUMBER 20, AND THE FACTS OF THE PRECEDING PERIODS
BY THE PROPORTION BORNE BY THEM TO THAT NUMBER.

Labourer's
Periods. Wheat. Meat. Wool. Wages. Horses.

1200-99 5-1/2 ... 3-1/2 ...
1300-99 6-1/4 ... 4-3/4 ...
1400-99 3 ... 5-1/2 ...
1500-99 6 ... 5-1/2 ...
1600-99 9-1/4 ... 8 ...
1700-66 7-3/4 7-1/2 12 10 15-3/4
1767-89 11 11-1/2 15-1/3 12-1/2 17-1/4
1790-1803 13 16-1/2 16-1/6 16-3/4 19-1/2
1804-10 20 20 20 20 20

Thus wheat in 1804-10 had risen 233 per cent. since the sixteenth
century.

THE LABOURER'S WAGES.

The following table, published by Mr. Barton in 1817,[768] shows
the depreciation of the labourer's wages in purchasing power between
1742 and 1808:--

Weekly Price of Wages in
Period. pay. wheat. pints of
s. d. s. d. bread.

1742-52 6 0 30 0 102
1761-70 7 6 42 6 90
1780-90 8 0 51 2 80
1795-9