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case of owners of the so-called town pa: 



' ranks of those entitled to make use of the 



Act .till h: ncreascd in 1891, when 



with prrprtuity tenures were 



1 to have fair rents fixed, provided : 



dlord it fused his consent to a redemption of 



In tlu- year 1896 the first judicial term of 



nd. A resettlement 



of tlu- whole system was called for. It \ 

 effected by means of the Act of 1896, which, 



of the foregoing 



legislation unaltered, brought in numerous new 



features and udmical amendments. On the 



basis of these measures the Acts of 1881, 1887, 



1891, and 1896 the greater part of the soil of 



held at the present day, that is to 



ng for fair rents, fifteen year 



terms, and free sale of the tenants' improve- 



i ml interc.- 



Of the 540,000 tenants in Ireland there were, 

 from August 22nd, 1881, to March 3ist, 1902, 

 338,843 who had had first term rents judicially 

 d. Of these, 196,377 rents by 



process of law, 142,428 by judicial agreement, 

 38 by arbitration. 1 26,771 of these rents were 

 of long term leaseholds. There are 20,000,000 

 acr< ; judicial obtain over 



10,140,000. The original yearly rental of all 

 these holdi 1 to 6,900,000. I 



1 Land Commission Report, 1902, p. 69. 



