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a presents of his house and (ground to any one who will take it; but of course could be no one) will be too foolish. He will then offer them to the Governments, who will also refuse to receive them, and tell him to stick to his bargain and pay up his rent: If he be a man who has invested his all in building, and who has no income from other sources out of which to pay his ground rent, he will be reduced to constantly recurring loss by payment of the rent, and from beggary if the felony is committed, he will therefore, without doubt, choose the alternation left him and abandoning his property to its fate.
If a private landed proprietor had an estate lenanted on long lease by, say, twenty or thirty families who cultivate it for their support, paying their rent regularly, and by the occurrence of some unforeseen circumstance the estate became much less productive than before, so that if the tenants continued, for any length of time to pay the rents they had contracted to pay, the poorest of them must at once be reduced to want, and the richer be soon brought to the same condition, it is probable that he would, as a prudent man, rather allow them to remain on paying rent for his land at its true value, seeing no one else could give him more, ultimately, than drive them by the pressures of want to seek their living in some other place.
The Government, fearful (perhaps groundlessly so) of the permanent reduction of the revenue, refuses to surrendered with any ground, though substantial buildings upon it. Were loss allowed to reach to Government at the will of the Lessee, the vischief,
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a presents of his house
and
(ground to any
one who will take it ; but of course
courde no one)
will be to foolish . He will then offer them to the Governments, who will also refuse to
receive them, and tell him to stick to his
bargain and pay up his pont : If he be
a man who has invested his all
building,
in
the
and who has no income from other sources out of which to
of which to depay his
ground rent, he will be reduced to
Remain in
constantly recurring
loss by payment of
the
beggary if the
the felony
aud
from
is
to
will therefore without doubt, choose the
alternation left him and pemore. it altogether, abandoning his property
its fate .
If a private landed proprietor
had an estate lenanted
on
long lease by cond twenty or thirty families who cultivates it for their
support, paying their rout
regularly, and by the occurrence
of some
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unforeseen circumstance the estate became much less production than before, so that if the tenants continued, for any length
time to pay the rents, they
of
had contracted
to pay, the poorest of them must at once be reduced to want, and the richer be son
to the same condition, it is
brought
probable that he would, as a prudent many rather allow them to Resuain on
paying rent
that
for
his land
it at its true valud,
no one else could u
seeing give him more,
altimately
else could ultimately than drive them by the
seek
pressures of seant to sock their living in some other place.
The Government, fearful,
(perhaps groundlessly so, ) of the permanent
to resumo
reduction of the revenue, refuses to
surrendered with
any ground, though substantial buildings upon it . Wère loss allowed to reach to Gorcement at the will of the Lessed, the vischief,
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