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to the freehold, there is not a vestige of any custom for repaying 

 the tenant any part of his outlay. 



Schedule IV. refers to " Dilapidations, Deteriorations and 

 Produce removed off the Farm." Under Form F, showing claims 

 against the outgoing tenant for " Produce removed off the 

 Farm," including hay, straw, roots and green crops, the majority 

 of the returns afford information that the unauthorised sale of 

 such produce subjects the tenant to a charge for waste. No 

 custom is reported in Cheshire (North), Devon (Central and East), 

 Durham, Essex (North), Gloucestershire (Tewkesbury), (Stow-on- 

 the-Wold), (Forest of Dean), Kent (East), Kent (Weald), Norfolk 

 Staffordshire (South), Suffolk (Sudbury), Yorkshire, North and 

 West Ridings (Ripon), and Yorkshire, East Riding. 



Schedule IV., Form G, referring to claims against the outgoing 

 tenant for " Neglect of Repairs and Violations of Good Hus- 

 bandry, &c.," includes the following heads, namely, mowing old 

 pasture, mowing meadows other than water-meadows without 

 manuring, over-cropping without manuring, over-cropping by 

 taking successive white straw crops, deficient proportion of fallow, 

 foul or neglected land, breaking up old grass land, neglect of 

 gates, fences, roads, drains, outfalls and water-courses, damage 

 to plantations and timber, neglect of ordinary repairs of build- 

 ings where the tenant is liable, &c. 



Schedule V., Form H, showing the customs as to " Restric- 

 tions upon Management, Sale of Produce, &c., Privileges as to 

 Entry, Liabilities of Tenants, &c.," includes the following heads, 

 namely, prohibition of the growth of certain crops ; conditions 

 under which certain crops may be grown ; minimum proportion 

 of fallow or green crop prescribed as necessary for good hus- 

 bandry ; limitation of the proportion of corn crop ; succession 

 or frequency of crops forbidden ; prohibition of the sale of certain 

 kinds of produce ; conditions under which the sale of certain 

 kinds of produce is permitted ; privileges of pre-entry to the 

 incoming tenant ; privileges of return or retaining possession 

 for certain purposes allowed to the outgoing tenant ; away- 

 .going or following crops ; liability of the occupier for repairs of 

 .buildings ; liability of the occupier for repairs of fences, gates, 

 open drains and ditches. 



While many of the returns show that damage for most of these 

 deteriorations is determined by valuation, others report no custom 

 for allowing the landlord's claim : and your Committee have 

 received intimations that, as a rule, dilapidations are very 

 inadequately compensated for. 



Meanwhile Mr. C. S. Read and Mr. James Howard, assisted 

 by a committee of the Farmers' Club, drafted a Landlord and 

 Tenant Bill, which the latter introduced into Parliament. 

 The Chamber had two long discussions upon it in April and 

 June, and without pledging itself to the Bill approved of its 



