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and seeds sown, for root crops fed to stock within the last 

 year, and for any unconsumed hay and straw. 



(13) A valuation is to be made at the end of the 

 tenancy of the amount of compensation to be paid by the 

 landlord, and the referee or valuers shall also determine what 

 sum, if any, ought to be paid to the landlord for any breach 

 by the tenant of the terms of the tenancy or in respect of 

 the condition in which he has left the farm. Every valua- 

 tion is to be made either by a single referee or by two 

 disinterested persons appointed as valuers one by each party, 

 who choose an umpire who has to be called in, in case they 

 disagree. 



This agreement is drawn up on the basis of the prevail- 

 ing tenancy custom, but. of course, also in accordance with 

 the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act (1908) 

 which we may now proceed to examine. 



The principal provisions of that Act are : (1) that the 

 tenant must receive twelve months' notice of ejectment 

 (unless he has agreed on entering to six months notice), (2) 

 the right of the tenant to compensation for improvements, 

 (3) the right of the tenant to compensation for unreasonable 

 disturbance, (4) provision for arbitration according to a 

 simple procedure. The provisions as to compensation for 

 tenant's improvements are extremely important and are 

 applicable with but little modification to Indian conditions. 

 The Act divides tenants' improvements into three classes : 

 (1) those for which compensation can be claimed only if 

 constructed after obtaining the written consent of the 

 landlord, for example, buildings, formation of silos and 

 pasture land, irrigation works, improvement of roads and 

 bridges, making of improvements of water courses and wells, 

 permanent fences and fruit gardens, and the reclamation of 

 waste land, (2) improvements which may be effected by the 

 tenant, ui'ter having given two months' notice to the landlord, 



