LARGE LANDOWNERS.
Tfye tendency tq accumulate vast tracts of land in single hands, which forms so dangerous a feature in tho economic development of the United States, is (says tho Pall Mall Gazette) a tolerably familiar faot, But Englishmen do not generally recognise how largely these accumulations are in tho possession' of their own countrymen.. Some remarkable statistics on this point are quoted in The Times. Lord Dunmore, it appears, owns 100,000 acres, Lord Dunraven 60,000, the Duke of Sutherland 400,000—not so very much for him. But oA the other side of the Atlantic the Peers are quito thrown into the shade by the Commoners. Thus, Colonel Murphy owns 1,100,000 acres, Messrs Phillips, Marshall, and Co. 1,300,000, and Mr Diston the almost incredible amount of 12,000,000. Such tores fir§ enough to set thinking.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1517, 24 October 1883, Page 2
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133LARGE LANDOWNERS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1517, 24 October 1883, Page 2
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