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landlord, nor after an exhaustive crop, such as hay, potatoes, or corn, 

 shall have been taken from the laud. Breaches of covenant or waste, 

 by either tenant or landlord, will subject their claims for improvement, 

 or in reduction of said claim, to a redaction proportioned to the extent 

 of the injury caused. Landlords' claims for waste committed more than 

 four years before the deternuuation of tenancy are barred. 



An outgoing tenant must, at least one month before the expiration of 

 his lease, give notice in writing to the landlord of his intention to claim 

 compensation for improvements, and the landlord must give counter- 

 notice within fourteen days of the same period. Such notice and coun- 

 ter-notice must set forth the particulars of each claim. A controversy 

 between tenant and landlord shall be decided by a joint referee, or by 

 two referees and an umpire, one referee to be selected by each party, 

 and the umpire by the referees. Several provisions regulate the course 

 of proceedings in case of the failure of the referees through death, dis- 

 ability, &c. Either party, on proper notice, may require the appoint- 

 ment of the umpire by the inclosure commissioners or by the county 

 court. The appointment of a person as referee cannot be revoked. The 

 referees and umpire may proceed to adjudicate the case after due notice 

 to the parties, whether they are present or not. The award must be in 

 writing, and duly signed by referees and utnpire. A single referee 

 must make his award within twenty-eight days after his appointment. 

 Where there are two referees, the award must be made within twenty- 

 eight days of the last appointment, but by consent of both parties it 

 may be delayed to forty nine days. Failure to do so within the time 

 speciHed renders their appointment void. The umpire is allowed twenty- 

 eight days, or such extended time as the registrar of the county court 

 shall fix. 



The award must state the time of exhaustion of improvements, and 

 specify the separate acts and things for which compensation is awarded, 

 and the amount awarded for each. The costs of the investigation shall 

 be divided between the parties in a proportion to be determined by the 

 referees and nmi)ire, but shall be subject to taxation in the county court. 

 The award must specify the day of i)ayment, which shall be at least a 

 month after its rendition. Either party, within seven days, may ap- 

 peal to the county court to set aside the award, on the ground, 1, that the 

 award is invalid ; 2, that the compensation has been awarded, or that 

 breaches of covenant or waste have been committed ; 3, that compensa- 

 tion has not been awarded for improvements, waste, &c. The decision 

 of the judge shall be final, save that, at the request of either party, he 

 shall state a special case on a question of law to the high court of jus- 

 tice, whose decision shall be final, and the county court shall adjudicate 

 the case in accordance therewith. 



Other provisions regulate the proceedings in case the landlord is un- 

 der age, of unsound mind, a married woman, &c. The county court 

 shall regulate the cost of its own proceedings, but the lord chancellor 

 shall from time to time prescribe a scale of costs. 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland. — The annual abstracts of 

 inquiries made under the authority of the registrar-geueral of Ireland 

 for 1875 have been published. These inquiries were made by 3,800 

 men, selected from the royal Irish constabulary and metropolitan police. 

 The replies to those inquiries were entirely voluntary, no legal penal- 

 ties being provided iu case of refusal; yet of over 000,000 landholders 

 only one refused compliance. 



The total acreage in all the crops during 1874 was 5,331,055, an in-' 



