13 THE LANDED INTEREST. 



without leave of the tenant ; and to vexatious 

 demands for heriots, and a species of control 

 worse than double ownership. These are evils 

 naturally most felt in the populous parts of the 

 country. The Copyhold Commission has now 

 been in operation for thirty-seven years, so that 

 full time has been given to prepare and provide 

 for the final extinction of this kind of tenure, 

 Mode of as originally contemplated by Parliament. The 



accom- 



simplest mode of doing so would be by enacting 

 that within some definite number of years, say 

 thirty, all copyholds then existing should become 

 freehold. Till the termination of that period the 

 right of either party to compel enfranchisement 

 should continue, and the obvious interest of the 

 lords to make the most of their opportunity 

 would quickly bring about this transformation. 



The Tithe department of this Commission 

 also administers questions connected with tithes 

 for the support of religion. 



