APPENDIX.
65
A Letter to the Lords Commissioners of His Ma-
jesty's Woods and Forests, Showing the necessity
of an Enclosure of parts of the Forests of Wal-
tham and Hainault, for the emploment and Pro-
vision of the Labouring Poor, and the Protection
of His Majesty's Timber, by Montagu Burgoyne.
Weyland on the Principle of the English Poor Laws
No. 5.
The following apposite Remark was made by Mr.
RICHMAN, in publishing the Report ordered by
the House of Lords, of the Population in 1821:—
An increase of population may be deemed a solid
good, or a dreadful evil, according to the circumstances
of the country in which it occurs. If a commensurate
increase of food and raiment can be produced by agri-
culture and manufacture, an accession of consumers in
the home market cannot but be beneficial to all parties ;
and the increase of population in such a case, may be
deemed equally desirable in itself, and conducive to
national strength and national prosperity.