158 ENGLISH WOODLANDS 



The Rating Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vic. c. 54), 

 provides, § 4 : The gross and rateable value 

 of any land used for a plantation or a wood 

 or for the gro^\i:h of saleable underwood shall 

 be estimated as follows : 



(a) If the land is used only for a plantation 



or wood, the value shall be estimated 

 as if the land, instead of being a planta- 

 tion or wood, were let and occupied in 

 its natural and unimproved state. 



(b) If the land is used for the growth of 



saleable underwood, the value shall be 

 estimated as if the land were let for 

 that purpose. 



(c) If the land is used both for a plantation 



or a wood and for the gro'v\i:h of sale- 

 able underwood, the value shall be 

 estimated either as if the land were 

 used only for a plantation or wood, or 

 as if the land were used only for the 

 gro"\\i:h of saleable underwood growing 

 thereon, as the Assessment Committee 

 may determine. 



There appears to be no definition of " unim- 

 proved state." Probably it means without the 



