I have now disposed of the unprofitable landed estates of the crown, and thrown them into the mass of private property; by which they will come, through the course of circulation, and through the political secretions of the state, into our better understood and better ordered revenues.
Burke describes how he has transformed unproductive crown lands into private property to enhance state revenues.
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