108 LAND IMPROVEMENTS. 



! The report concludes as follows : — " It is perhaps unnecessary 

 to say that, should the views and suggestions submitted for the 

 improvement of the estates be adopted nearly as they are, or 

 even in a modified form, there will be many difficulties to 

 encounter and overcome, in carrying out so great a change all at 

 once, or even in the course of a few years, on an entire property 

 of such an extent ; but, so far as the reporter could judge of the 

 quality and resources of the soil, and comparing them with what 

 he saw in other parts of the county, he has confidence in saying 

 that a qualified person with energy, resolution, and forethought, 

 would undoubtedly realise the important result which has been 

 indicated in the above abstract." 



After searching inquiry and mature consideration, the pro- 

 prietor was satisfied of the practicability of Mr. Mitchell's report, 

 and decided upon re-letting his estates upon the terms recom- 

 mended therein. The reporter was then employed to make a 

 survey of the estates (in so far as the old plans were not found 

 sufficient), and to prepare plans showing the proposed new 

 ■farms, their contents, and the roads and fences. Conditions of 

 let were prepared and printed, and were as follows : — 



" 1. The lands are to be let in accordance with the new 

 arrangements of the farms as delineated on plans, and the 

 boundaries of the respective farms will be pointed out on the 

 ground to intending offerers. 



" 2. The leases are to be for nineteen years, and to contain 

 clauses excluding assignees and sub-tenants, and of irritancy in 

 case of bankruptcy, and other usual and necessary clauses. 



l< 3. The entry to the houses and natural pasture on the lands 

 not heretofore in cultivation, is to be at Whitsunday 1859, and 

 to the arable lands, whether in cultivation or pasture, at Mar- 

 tinmas following:. The fallow for green crop, one and two year 

 old grass, and the old arable land in pasture on the holdings, 

 may be given over by the present tenants at the term of Whit- 

 sunday; and, in that event, they are to be paid for by the in- 

 coming tenant at the valuation of neutral men mutually chosen. 

 The straw is to be left by the present tenants in steelbow. The 

 incoming tenant is to cut, lead, and perform other services to the 

 waygoing crop, conform to use and wont. 



" 4. The exclusive right of hunting, shooting, and killing 

 game, and the right of fishing in any streams or lochs on the 

 property, are to be reserved to the proprietor and those autho- 

 rised by him. Also, all mines and minerals, &c, are to be re- 

 served to the proprietor, with power to search for and work and 

 carry away the same, he paying surface damage only to the 

 tenants. All moss, sea-ware, and shell-sand are likewise to be 

 reserved to him for the general use of the lands within the 

 bounds of his property, with the right of searching and carrying 



