82 PROPOSED TENANCY REFORMS 



probation for at least three years as an assistant to a diplo- 

 maed agent. 



It is impossible to overemphasize the advantages which 

 would accrue to the country from the establishment of 

 such courses of study in estate agency, and of ultimately 

 making this qualification compulsory. 



Protective Provisions in Detail 



A great deal could be done to prevent the disputes and 

 oppression which prevail on some estates by inserting in the 

 Tenancy Law provisions for certain business-like forms of 

 procedure. It is most important that landlords should be 

 required to give receipts for rent and other payments on 

 printed forms. In Gwalior the law provides that a standard 

 form of receipt shall be used by all landlords, and these forms 

 can be purchased at a low price from the State Press. I 

 would like to see such standard rent receipt forms made 

 available in numbered books with counterfoils, these books of 

 receipt forms being on sale at all post offices. It might be an 

 advantage if separate forms, possibly on different colored 

 paper, were issued for each of the two half-yearly payments 

 of rent. This would assist the tenant in knowing that he was 

 getting the proper receipt ; and if it were further enacted 

 that no rent for the current half-year could be accepted 

 until all arrears had been cleared off, the use of these 

 separate receipt forms would go a long way to prevent 

 disputes. 



It might be advantageous also for Government to issue 

 forms of yearly agreements and of standard leases. The 

 latter should, however, be in skeleton form, as it would be 

 unwise to prevent a landlord inserting covenants which 

 might be necessary to ensure the maintenance of the land 

 in the proper condition and to improve or safeguard the 

 cultivation. 



