race and religion than himself, upon the understanding that he might relet it in smaller areas.[1]
- ↑ "When a tenant has proved himself to be industrious and
Charles King O'Hara, Landed Proprietor and Chairman of Board of Guardians.
land. The landlord of course sets his face against the measure; but still the evil proceeds, until all are driven to beggary and ejected. That, so far as I perceive, is what generally happens." Digest, Dev. Com. p. 432.
Evidence of Richard Mayne, Esq., Agent and Magistrate.
"Is it permitted by the landlords?—They cannot stop it.
"What means do they take to attempt to stop it?—They cannot take any; they try as well as they can, by turning out the tenant; but if you dispossess a man and his family, it creates such a sensation that people cannot do it; it is impossible to do it."—Ibid. p. 432.
Evidence of Edward Spoule, Esq., Linen Bleacher and Land Proprietor.
"Is the subletting or subdividing of farms carried on to any extent?—It is too much so; and it is injurious to the landlord as well as the tenantry themselves; it is destructive to the accumulation of capital, and lowers the farming population, so as to render them subject to greater privations than day labourers. It is done in two ways—one to provide for children marrying, by dividing the tenement, and another to procure some money, by the sale of a portion of the farm, to enable a struggling farmer to clear of a debt. In both cases the evils are permanent and the benefits slight."—Ibid. p. 432.
Evidence of William C. Collis, Esq., Land Proprietor and Magistrate.
"Subletting . . . . exists from a mistaken wish to keep the family together, and have the benefit of their labour until they are too old to go to a trade, and have formed such habits
