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GREAT BRITAIN - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



withdrawn in 1915 ; and land was actually assigned to enlarge only 12 

 holdings, one in Caithness and the others in Argyll. 



The activity of the Land Court in enlarging existing holdings may fairly 

 be summed up as modifying the too great subdivision of land in the croft- 

 ing counties. 



b) Registration of New Holdings and of Enlargements of Holdings 

 formed by Agreement. 



It is a function of the Land Court to register the tenants selected by a 

 landlord for the new holdings he forms, on land which has previously been 

 otherwise occupied. Six such new holdings were registered in 1915, one in 

 Argyllshire, the others in the south west and outside the crofting counties : 



Countv 



Number 



of 

 Holdings 



Arable 



Outrun 



ArgyU . 

 Ayr . . 

 Wigtown 



Acres Roods Poles 



38 3 4 



31 — 29 



126 3 2 



196 



35 



Acres Roods Poles 

 49 — 16 



49 — — 



The Act of 1911 prohibits a landlord from reletting a small holding 

 otherwise than as such, except with the consent of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture. If the landlord be unwilling to pay the compensation for improve- 

 ments due to an outgoing tenant it is usual for liim to find a new tenant 

 who will pay the outgoing tenant the value of such improvements and who is 

 registered by the Land Court as a landholder. Twenty-seven new tenants 

 were so registered in 1915. 



In thirteen cases the Land Court registered enlargements of existing 

 holdings effected by landlords by agreement. These were as follows. 



