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exceeding the cost of the sale or removal of his household 

 goods, his implements of husbandry, produce and farm 

 stock. 



Section 13 prescribes the method of arbitration, which 

 is to be by a single arbitrator under rules set out in the 

 Second Schedule to the Act. The main features of the 

 arbitration provisions are that the arbitrator is appointed by 

 agreement between the parties, or in default of agreement is 

 to be nominated by the Board of Agriculture. He may 

 examine witnesses on outh if he thinks fit. Arbitration will 

 be final and binding, but the arbitrator may state a case for 

 the opinion of the county court on any question of law. In 

 regard to vegetable and fruit gardens (market gardens) 

 special provisions for compensation are made for particular 

 improvements set out in the Third Schedule. The remain- 

 ing provisions of the Act are chiefly formal or of minor 

 importance for our purposes ; but it is interesting to 

 notice that on many occasions the Board of Agriculture may 

 be appealed to intervene. The giving of this power to a 

 department of Government which is concerned with the 

 promotion of agriculture is one of the important features 

 of the Act. 



Long leases of agricultural land are not often, given 

 in England ; but on the best managed estates, although the 

 tenant legally holds from year to year, he has in practice a 

 very fair security of tenure, provided he is a good tenant 

 and keeps his farm in a good working condition. In any 

 case he is now well protected by the law as regards outlays 

 which he makes on improvements ; but there are some land- 

 lords who refuse permission for making improvements of the 

 first class. 



It is important to notice that the English tenancy 

 system, with its useful provisions for compensation to tenants 

 has called into existence a class of professional valuers whose 



