THE SCOTTISH I,AND COURT 



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It should be noted that the L,and Court has no power to cancel any 

 arrears of rent in the case of statutory small tenants as it has in that of crof- 

 ters. Kven as regards the latter it may not deal with any arrears of a rent 

 fixed as a fair rent either by itself or by the Crofters' Commission. 



d) Fixing Amount of Compensation due to outgoing tenants. 



In this connection there is another limitation of the competency of 

 the lyand Court. It can fix the amount of compensation due by a landlord 

 for permanent improvements to the crofter who renounces his tenancy, but 

 the sum thus due to a statutory small tenant in the same circumstances is 

 fixed by an arbiter. In 1915 the court made 28 awards as to compensation 

 to landholders : 



