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, under whose Authority they
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The Regulations in this Act, regarding the Power of Commis-
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sioners, Mode of Division, Etc. being almost uniformly the same
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with those which have so often received the Sanction of Parlia-
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ment, it is hoped that much Delay will not be thought necessary,
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previous to its passing. The present Scarcity, and high Price of
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Provisions, evidently renders it an Object of the greatest national
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Importance, to bring a considerable additional Quantity of Land
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into immediate Cultivation; and by encouraging the planting of our
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Wastes with Potatoes-for which they are so peculiarly well cal-
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culated-we may thus secure a great Increase of that Species of
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Food for the Consumption of the Years 1796-7. As the fol-
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lowing Bill, indeed, is drawn up conformably to the most ap-
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proved Precedents, there is every Reason to hope, that it can oc-
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casion little Discussion, and that it will pass in Time sufficient, to
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have a considerable Extant of Waste Lands planted with Potatoes,
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in the Course of the Year 1796, more especially if the Recom-
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mendation of the Committee, to promote the Cultivation of that
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valuable Root by a Bounty, is adopted by Parliament; and if
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Persons interested in Commons, will immediately set about ar-
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ranging Matters for a Division, which cannot be too strongly
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urged and recommended to their Attention.
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It may also be proper here briefly to state, what Steps are taking,
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for laying the Foundation of that General Law of Division and In-
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closure, which has so long been so ardently wished for. It will
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require, however, much Deliberation and Inquiry, as it is proposed
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that it should be extended to Common Fields, and every Species
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of Commonable Lands, as well as to what are, strictly speaking,
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Waste Lands and Commons.
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As the surest Basis for so great a System, it is judged necessary
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to examine such Acts of Inclosure as have hitherto passed, where
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Copies of them could be procured, and to analyze them accord-
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ing to the following Specimen.
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