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meeting was held in the Grand Committee room, Westminster 

 Hall, to further consider the Bill, when previous resolutions 

 were repeated. A second special meeting was held on 10th 

 July to consider the Bill as it emerged from Committee, 

 when resolutions were adopted, by a majority, asking for still 

 further amendments. Some of these were accepted on the 

 report stage, but when the Bill reached the Lords several 

 amendments were made of a character adverse to the 

 Chamber's recommendations. The Lords' amendments were 

 agreed to by the Commons, and the Bill received the Royal 

 Assent on 8th August. The chief points demanded by the 

 Chambers which were not acceded to were as follows : 



1. That the provision in Section 1 as to the " inherent capa- 

 bilities of the soil " should be repealed. 



2. That it should provide for a record in scheduled form being 

 made at the end of a tenancy, on the face of every award ; or 

 where there was no such award, that the landlord and tenant 

 should make one. 



3. That the dilapidations for which a landlord may claim 

 should be scheduled. 



4. That umpires should be nominated by County Councils. 



5. That the time of posting the registered letter should be 

 deemed to be the time of serving notice of claim. 



6. That " twenty -eight days " be substituted for a " reason- 

 able time " for removal of fixtures after determination of tenancy. 



7. Several suggested alterations in the Schedules. 



In this instance only six years elapsed from the time the 

 Chamber issued its statement of the amendments they desired 

 to the passing of the amending Act. Although some of their 

 minor suggestions were not adopted by Parliament, the new 

 Act gave practically all the security that reasonable men 

 should require. For it must be assumed that a tenant taking 

 a farm has sufficient intelligence to manage his own affairs, 

 and is able to understand the terms of the contract he is 

 making with a prospective landlord. 



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On 3rd June the Council appointed a special Committee 

 " to draw up a scale of compensation for unexhausted improve- 

 ments, to be sent down for consideration by the local 

 Chambers." The Committee consisted of Sir E. Strachey, 



