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as rent in the Valuation Roll, in excess of the actual rent or 

 other consideration payable under the lease. 



VIII. — The Forest Authority should have power to create new 

 holdings, erect houses, etc., for forest workers. 



IX. — The arable land taken over by the Forest Authority 

 for the purposes of creating nurseries, workmen's crofts, etc., 

 should be held under the same tenure as the forest areas. In 

 case of the Forest Authority relinquishing the lease of any such 

 arable land, it should be bound either to give over the land to 

 the proprietor in a condition, as a rent producer, not worse than 

 it was when it received it from him at the beginning of the 

 lease : or, if the land had been let or sold to small holders, to 

 pay a capital sum to make good any loss of annual income 

 caused thereby. 



X. — Arbitration, except in the case of sheep stock valua- 

 tions, should be by a single arbiter. 



XI. — The Forest Authority should have the right to make 

 roads, tramways, ropeways or other appliances for transport 

 over land not included in the forest area, on payment of way- 

 leave, and of compensation for damage. It should also have 

 the power to form temporary depots, and the right to take 

 options over water-power, or make use of the means for water 

 transport which exist in the district, under such restrictions as 

 might be required to safeguard fishing and other rights. 



XII. — The Forest Authority sliould have power to renew the 

 lease on giving the landlord at least ten years' notice. 



XIII. — If the Forest Authority should not exercise its power to 

 renew the lease, the landlord should have the option of acquiring 

 the forest, and the tenants' whole interests therein, at valuation ; 

 but the landlord should not be expected to take over any houses 

 or other buildings unless they were producing rent equal to a 

 reasonable percentage on the cost of the buildings, in addition 

 to the rent of the land. 



XI\'. — If the lease should not be renewed, and the landlord 

 should not exercise the above option, the Forest Authority 

 should — 



I. Have power to reap, in accordance with the provisions, 

 the standing crops as they mature, paying pro rata rent 

 on the area retained after the end of the lease. 



