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reservation of all trees and substrata. The 

 tenants are to reside on the premises ; to culti- 

 vate according to the best mode of husbandry in 

 the district ; within the last three years of the 

 termination of the lease not to sow two white 

 crops in succession, or to plant on the same 

 land more than one crop of potatoes. The 

 tenants to be entitled to one-half of the money 

 expended by them in the last year of the term 

 in the purchase of linseed, cotton-cake, and rape- 

 cake consumed on the premises, but not to an 

 amount exceeding one-half of the average ex- 

 penditure for such articles during each of the 

 three preceding years. The right of shooting 

 and sporting is not reserved from the tenants, 

 except under very special circumstances. New 

 buildings are constructed, and existing buildings 

 improved, and under-drainage, roads, and other 

 permanent improvements executed at the cost 

 of the Crown. Terms of renewal are proposed 

 to desirable tenants, two years before the 

 expiration of lease. 



Many private landowners would find just 

 and suggestive hints in these arrangements. 



