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2. Have power to remove or dispose ot the houses and 



buildings not taken over at valuation by the landlord. 



3. Be obliged to return the land to the landlord in a con- 



dition, as a rent producer, not worse than that of 

 similar land in the neighbourhood at the time. 



Compulsory Powers. — The writers believe that, provided the 

 general interests of estates are safeguarded, the majority of land- 

 lords in the Highlands will be sufficiently public-spirited to give 

 leases of land for a State scheme of afforestation which will not 

 only give permanent employment in the district, but will add to 

 the welfare of the present inhabitants, and increase the number 

 of small holders. It is to be hoped that occasions for the exer- 

 cise of compulsory powers would be few, but in order to keep 

 down the money expended in rents, as well as to avoid blank 

 spaces in the forest area, the principle of compulsory leasing 

 should be accepted. 



To enter at any length into the machinery necessary to set up 

 compulsory powers is outside the scope of this Report. The 

 writers, however, think it advisable to point out that if compulsory 

 powers are, eventually, to form a part of an afforestation scheme, 

 it is essential — 



1. To safeguard the interests of the three parties mainly 



concerned. These are : 



{a) The Landlords and their tenants. 



(b) The Ratepayers. 



{c) The Forest Authority. 



2. That Appeals on matters of principle, or of fact, should 



be simple and not costly. 

 That Arbitration on questions of valuation should be 

 within the reach of all. 



3. That no one person should both hear appeals and arbitrate ; 



and that if he exercise either of these functions he 

 should not be a member of the Forest Authority. 



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