128 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND - MISCELLANEOUS 



icy inaugurated by the Act of 1881 has in some 30 years changed the whole 

 face of Ireland. The " magic of property" has once more asserted itself, 

 and the marvellous development of the prosperity of the community, 

 the increased comfort of the tenants generally, and above all the growth 

 in self-respect and independence of the Irish farmer, form a more than ade- 

 quate defence of those who framed the Irish Land Code since 1881 and of 

 those who administered it. 



Appendix I. — Land Law {Ireland) Act, 1896, Section 1, Subsection i» 



I. (i) Where the Court fix a fair rent (a) for a holding, the Court shall 

 ascertain and record in the form of a schedule, unless both landlord and 

 tenant shall otherwise request — 



{a) the aimual sum which should be the fair rent of the holding on 

 the assumption that all improvements thereon were made or acquired by 

 the landlord ; 



{b) the condition as to cultivation, deterioration, or otherwise of the 

 holding and the buildings thereon ; 



(c) the improvements made wholly or partly by the tenant or at his 

 cost, and with respect to each such improvement — 



(i) the nature, character, and present capital value thereof, and 

 the increased letting value due thereto ; 



(«■) the date (so near as can be ascertained) at which the same was 

 made ; and 



{Hi) the deduction from the rent made on account thereof ; 



{d) the extent (if any) to which the landlord has paid or compensated 

 the tenant in respect of each such improvement ; 



{e) the improvements made wholly or partly by or at the cost of, or 

 acquired by, the landlord ; 



(/) such other matters in relation to the holding as may have been 

 taken into account in fixing the fair rent thereof, or as may be prescribed ; 

 and 



(g) the fair rent of the holding. 

 and the said schedule shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule to 

 this Act, or in such other form as may be prescribed, and a certified copy 

 of the record shall on the prescribed application be sent by post to each 

 party, and the record shall be admissible in evidence on its mere production 

 from the proper custody. 



