2 OCTOBER 1880, Page 16

IMPROVEMENTS ON IRISH LAND.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1

SIR,—Yon must have observed the conflict of testimony on the subject of improvements on Irish land, some asserting that all the improvements have been made by the landlords, others by the tenants. I believe that when the evidence is 'sifted, it will be found that where there are improvements of a modern and scientific kind, such as drainage, they are due to the landlords ; but that the reclamation of moorland, and those elementary improvements which are necessary to the cultivation of the land in the most primitive way, such as buildings, roads, and fences, are the work of the tenants.—I am, Sir, &c.,

JOSEPH JOHN MURPHY.

Old Forge, Dunmurry, County Antrim, September 28114.