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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
The Decrease in Land Assessments (Schedule A)
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The Decrease in Land Assessments (Schedule A).
The valuation of 1882, the first that followed the depreciation in value of English Landed Property, showed the following decreases of Land Values in the English Counties:—
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Lincoln | 258,000 |
| York | 256,000 |
| Norfolk | 190,000 |
| Suffolk | 166,000 |
| Essex | 145,000 |
| Wilts | 144,000 |
| Cambridge | 134,000 |
| Northampton | 105,000 |
| Warwick | 103,000 |
| Gloucester | 96,000 |
| Somerset | 93,000 |
| Leicester | 92,000 |
| Kent (extra Metrop.) | 89,000 |
| Notes | 79,000 |
| Worcester | 66,000 |
| Hereford | 64,000 |
| Southampton | 59,000 |
| Stafford | 59,000 |
| Oxford | 59,000 |
| Berks | 57,000 |
| Salop | 54,000 |
| Devon | 46,000 |
And a Parliamentary Return of 1884 showed that in the year 1881-2 repayment was made for 99,521 acres of farms thrown on hand, and in the year 1882-3 for 51,617 acres.
The total decrease of valuation in the triennial interval was for England £3,389,772, and for Scotland £196,052, since which period both amounts have been greatly augmented, and now are shown by Income Tax records to total £5,265,000.