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194 SECOND JOURNEY THItOUGH FRt\NCE IN 1814.Quérg-Purchase ofland ~ ?C.answers.-By the hectare Land ofthe fir8t quali:ty may be p'urphased,at from th1'ee thousand to four thousand franes; of the second quality,from two thousand to two thousand nine hundred; t'bat of the'thirdquality at six hundred. Of surface only fit for planting of wood, a septaréemay be'purchased for ten francs; but aseptarée ofmeado'\V-gro~ndis as liÎgh as five hundred.'l'hus concludes what was obtained by iriquiryuponthesubject.'Vhat fol1ows is the result of observation ând;notitlg.lnthefiFst'p~ace,Hie value of land, as at presênt,is unqucstionably' very highrIl. Francé,considering aIl thé èircumstaIlcesof this country. These eilicnmstances'Ît is Unnecessary he1'e to pa1'ticula1'ize; but that such a result shouldtake place is obviously the consequence. In tl1c first place, the'utter'destitution of commerce imposes a necessityof vesting aHtbccapitalthe1'e is, in land. The instabi:lity of appearancés œnïes in's6me degl+eeto this effeet. A man preserves a better chancc\vith 1118 landed thanwith his'hoarded propérty. lIewiH also 'prefel' hlIld" ulldera;U "FS"C;':I!!S"advantages, to fnucIs. The prevalent opinion ls,'tllat\y'ben J?rance bethelIl·into 'uni:versal adoptioR. Instead of a drag~chain, pressure i8 used t()checkthe run do''Ilnhill, and effectively.* Sale ifpruperty.-Nine hundred-and-twenty acres (a hundred rtuJt1'es,ot the square ~f teneaéh), ,vl\tich are nine selllarées, or thl1eeacres" estimated at annual valuc; tw() h'LIildred and thirty:,sixj"anes (101. lOs.) pe', rmnUrtl, and consisting, in different proportions, as follows :-namely, threehundred acres of vineyard, three hundred ditto of meadow and open field, twelve ditto hfmulbèt~yplantation, twelve ditto of olive, three hundred ditto of mixed vine, meadow, and corn field, withdecayed building on it, i8 /laId under decree of the eeurts, €Ir rather offered for sale, for two thou8andfrancs (1001;). The postponements are \'eiteraterl ITom want ofsufficient hidding; andhy thepr0­cess it looks as if most woufd fall intothe hands of the law, of whatever it was ult;mately to fetela.The process of decree and sale, for recovery of debt, is very ready and facile to a certain pointhere :bUt the sweets of postponement are weIl understood. Scc the public notices under head Qf," Pént~par exprcl'fn'fCftionforcée dq p'f'()prf~lés. imTlJ.obilières."