176 LAND TENURE 



land with undissolved bones is paid for in Cheshire (North) 

 averaging over a period of seven years ; in Gloucestershire 

 (Cotswold Hills) the payment is for the whole of the outlay in the 

 last year, two -fifths of that in the last year but one, and one -sixth 

 of that in the year before ; in Lincolnshire it is averaged over 

 five years ; in Nottinghamshire over six years ; in Oxfordshire 

 (Henley) it is all or half the outlay of the last year ; in Stafford- 

 shire (South) it is averaged over seven years ; and in Yorkshire, 

 West Riding, five -sixths of the expenditure are allowed after 

 one pasture, one -sixth being deducted for each of four successive 

 pastures. For laying down new pasture, allowance generally 

 including seed and labour is made in Isle of Ely, North, Gloucester- 

 shire (Cotswold Hills), Herefordshire, Kent (Weald), Northamp- 

 tonshire, Northamptonshire (Weedon), Nottinghamshire, Staf- 

 fordshire (South), Worcestershire and Yorkshire, West Riding. 

 Underw T ood and pollards have allowances in Herefordshire, Kent 

 (Weald) and Oxfordshire. Hop planting and hop poles in use 

 are allowed for in Kent (Weald) ; hop poles are taken at a valua- 

 tion in Gloucestershire (Ledbury), and in Herefordshire the tenant 

 is bound to leave the same area of hop land as at the time of 

 his entry. In Kent (East) while custom does not fix the propor- 

 tion of original value to be paid for the various durable improve- 

 ments, all done in the last year is allowed for if done by consent 

 of the landlord. 



The majority of the returns, however, are either blank or con- 

 tain such entries as these : " Nothing allowed for any of the 

 improvements named in this Schedule," " No established custom 

 for any of these things," " No compensation except by special 

 agreement," "If an outgoing tenant had made any of these 

 improvements he would get no compensation by custom for any 

 of them." 



Under Schedule III., Form E, referring to "Unexhausted 

 Permanent Improvements," sixteen returns of allowances have 

 been received. 



Tile drainage, where the tenant finds both labour, haulage and 

 tiles, is paid for in Cambridgeshire (Isle of Ely, North) on a seven 

 years' scale, that is, the claim extends over seven years ; in 

 Cheshire (North) on a fourteen years' scale ; in Dorset (Central) 

 on a ten years' scale, if with the consent of the landlord in writing ; 

 in Gloucestershire (Cotswolds) on a seven years' scale ; in Kent 

 (Weald) on a ten years' scale ; in Lincolnshire on a ten years' 

 scale ; in the Lincolnshire (Marshes) on a seven years' scale ; 

 in Nottinghamshire on a six years' scale ; in Staffordshire (South) 

 on a ten years' scale ; in Yorkshire, North and West Ridings 

 (Ripon), on a seven years' scale ; in Yorkshire, West Riding 

 (Wakefield), on a six years' scale; and in Yorkshire, West Riding 

 (Barnsley), on a ten years' scale. For labour and haulage only, 

 when the landlord finds tiles, the allowance is extended over 

 seven years in Cheshire (North) ; four years in Gloucestershire 

 (Cotswolds) ; seven years in Lincolnshire ; five years in the 



