Young's notes give £61 8s. as the average value of an acre of vines for all France: but, leaving out of his estimate all which exceed £100 in value, and £21 in produce, he fixes the average value of vines in France at £45 an acres and their gross annual produce at £9 2s. being one-fifth of their fee simple.
By the following table, he shews, the proportional value of the produce of vineyards, to that of soils under other culture, and also the proportional rent or profit which they yield.
| Arable Land, | 70,000,000 | acres at | 40 | francs | £122,800,583 |
| Vines, | 5,000,000 | " | 175 | " | 38,225,250 |
| Woods, | 19,850,000 | " | 16 | " | 13,895,360 |
| Meadow, and rich pasture, | 4,000,000 | " | 100 | " | 17,500,000 |
| Lucerne, &c. | 5,000,000 | " | 100 | " | 21,875,000 |
| Pastures & Wastes, | 27,150,000 | " | 10 | " | 11,878,125 |
| Total | 131,000,000 | acres | £226,238,313 |
| Arable and Lucerne, | 75,000,000 | acres at | £0 | 15s. | 7d. - - - | £57,437,500 |
| Woods, | 19,850,000 | " | 0 | 12s. | 0d. - - - | 11,910,000 |
| Vines, | 5,000,000 | " | 8 | 16s. | 6d. - - - | 19,125,000 |
| Meadow, | 4,000,000 | " | 2 | 3s. | 9d. - - - | 8,750,000 |
| Wastes, | 27,150,000 | " | 0 | 1s, | 9d. - - - | 2,375,025 |
| Total, - 131,000,000 | £99,898,125 | |||||
Without possessing, of himself, the same ample data which Mr. Young's extensive tour gave him, for determining the value of an acre of vines at the present day, the
