PROPOSED BY MR. MALTHUS. 148 per cent. the quantities of corn in column 1 ex- ceed the corresponding quantities in column 3; or, in other words, how much per cent. the quantities of corn produced by 10 men exceed the quantities given to 10 men for their labour. Column 5 exhibits the quantities of labour, or number of men required to produce the quan- tities of corn in the third column, obtained by a simple operation in the rule of three: if 10 men produce 150 quarters, how many will be required to produce 120? Column 6 shows the profits estimated in la- bour, after the rate in the fourth column; or, what is the same thing, it shows the quantities of labour which the quantities of corn in column 3 will command, over and above what produced them. Column 7 contains the quantities of labour commanded by the corn in column 3, and is nothing but a repetition of what was be- fore tcld us in the third column: for we are there informed, that the quantities of corn enu- merated, severally commanded the yearly labour of 10 men, and in this seventh column there