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Of the seventeen heads of improvements enumerated under 

 Schedule II., Form D " Unexhausted Durable Improvements 

 a considerable number are subjects of allowance ; but for the 

 most part the most important are found in only a few counties. 

 Thorn or wood draining carries compensation in Dorset (Central), 

 where it is taken to last ten years ; in Kent (Weald), where it 

 is extended over four years ; in Norfolk (Marshland), where the 

 same rule obtains ; and in Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills) and 

 Lincolnshire (Marshes), where all the outlay made in the last 

 year is allowed. Subsoiling is not mentioned except in the Lincoln- 

 shire (Marshes) return. Paring and burning is paid for at all the 

 outlay of the last year in Gloucestershire (Cotswold Hills), East 

 and North of Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, but is not mentioned 

 in any other returns. Marling is paid for in Lincolnshire and 

 the Lincolnshire (Marshes), where it is taken to last seven years ; 

 in Nottinghamshire, where it is taken to last five years ; and 

 in Staffordshire (South), w T here it is spread over ten years. 

 Chalking is allowed for in Dorset (Central) at the whole outlay 

 in the last year and last year but one, and extended back over 

 seven years ; in Lincolnshire and the Lincolnshire (Marshes), 

 where it is extended over seven years ; in Oxfordshire (Henley) 

 where all, or half the expenditure in the last year is repaid ; 

 and in Wiltshire (North), where three years are allowed for 

 exhaustion. Claying is paid for in Isle of Ely North as lasting 

 four years ; in Lincolnshire, as lasting five years ; in the Lincoln- 

 shire fens, as lasting seven years ; in the Norfolk fens, as lasting 

 four years, only three -fourths the expenditure of the last year, 

 however, being allowed ; and in Nottinghamshire, where it is 

 extended over five years. Liming arable land is paid for in 

 Cheshire (North), as lasting three years ; in Dorset (Central), 

 as lasting six years on heavy lands and three years on light la ad ; 

 in Kent (Weald), as lasting two years, unless there has been a 

 crop taken, when only one year is allowed for ; in Lincolnshire 

 and the Lincolnshire (Marshes), as lasting five years ; in Notting- 

 hamshire, as lasting three years, when applied to a fallow ; in 

 Staffordshire (South), as lasting four years ; while in Yorkshire, 

 West Riding (Wakefield), half is allowed for the expenditure in 

 the last year, and one -third of that in the last year but one ; in 

 Yorkshire, West Riding (Barnsley) the payment is for two-thirds 

 of the outlay after one corn crop has been taken, and one-third 

 after two corn crops have been taken ; and in the Yorkshire, 

 North and West Ridings (Ripon) the allowance is half the expendi- 

 ture of the last year, and one-fourth of that in the last year but 

 one. Liming pastures is allowed for in Cheshire (North) as lasting 

 five years ; in Kent (Weald), as lasting two years ; in Lincoln- 

 shire and the Lincolnshire (Marshes), as lasting five years ; in 

 Nottinghamshire, as lasting three years ; in Staffordshire (South), 

 as lasting four years ; and in Yorkshire, West Riding, the allow- 

 ance is five -sixths of the outlay after one pasture, and one -sixth 

 deducted for each successive pasture up to four. Boning pasture 



