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it* the latter has failed to undertake them himself within 

 that time. Drainage works of all kinds come under this 

 heading. (3) Improvements in respect of which neither 

 the consent of the landlord nor notice is required. Examples 

 of the last are : putting lime upon the land, and all kinds of 

 artificial and natural manures. For all these improvements, 

 subject in class (1) to the landlord's consent having been 

 obtained, the tenant on leaving his holding, after having 

 given or received legal notice to quit, can claim compensa- 

 tion for the unexhausted value of the improvement. 



Section 8 provides that when the tenancy is a yearly 

 one a tenant who has remained for two or more years 

 shall not on quitting his holding be deprived of his right to 

 claim compensation by reason only that the improvements 

 were not made during the tenancy on the determination of 

 which he quits the holding in other words, so long as he is 

 in actual cultivating occupation of the holding, the tenancy 

 is considered to be continuous. However, the tenant is not 

 entitled to compensation in respect of improvements other 

 than manuring begun after he has given or received notice 

 to quit, unless he has given notice to the landlord of thin 

 improvement prior to the giving or receiving of the notice 

 to quit. The tenant is also entitled to compensation for 

 damage by game preserved by the landlord ; but the most 

 important provision for our purposes is that of Section II 

 giving compensation i'or unreasonable disturbance. This 

 provides that if the landlord, without sufficient cause, "and 

 for reasons inconsistent with good estate management ' r 

 gives notice to quit, or having been requested at least one 

 year in advance of the expiration of the tenancy refuses to 

 grant a renewal, or if the landlord demands an increase ol' 

 rent as the result of improvements executed by the tenant, 

 and such demand results in the tenant (juiUing the holding, 

 the tenant may demand a compensation for disturbance not 



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