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untenable, and cannot for a moment be listened 

 to. It amounts to neither less nor more than 

 this, that if the landlord will allow it, his tenant 



E. through the instrumentality of a third party 



F. will pick his pocket of some 257. honestly. 

 For the same reason, if tenants adopt a more 

 efficient system of culture, as spade husbandry, 

 on the plan we propose, thereby doubling the 

 acreable produce of the kingdom, they have no 

 right on that account to make a demand upon 

 British landlords of something more than the 

 fee-simple of their farms at the expiry of 

 their leases. Compliance with such demands 

 enforced by statutory enactments or otherwise 

 would be a direct violation of the contract 

 existing between parties. 



In some cases again it is agreed upon that 

 the tenant shall receive payment at the expiry 

 of his lease for meliorations executed by him 

 during its currency. Let us now suppose that 

 in the above three examples the landlord is con- 

 ventionally obligated to pay for meliorations, 

 and see how it will affect the several interests 

 of parties. 



1. In this case the primary obligations on 

 the part of the landlord have reference to 



