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landlord and tenant should stand on equal terms as to claims, 

 without notice, up to the hearing of the arbitration. Your Com- 

 mittee therefore consider that Sec. 6 (2) should be amended so 

 as to secure equal rights as above. 



We advise that where an arbitrator states a case for the opinion 

 of a County Court on a point of law, he shall give an interim award 

 upon such items of the claims of landlord and tenant as are not 

 affected by the point of law, and the money represented by such 

 interim award, notwithstanding that the point of law is not settled, 

 shall be paid on the demand of either party as provided by Sec. 14, 

 less any amount that is necessary to cover any liabilities. 



We are of opinion that the law should be altered in this respect, 

 and in the meantime the point can be covered by an arbitrator 

 awarding a payment on account of an amount named by 

 him. 



Where the landlord for no sufficient fault or default of the 

 tenant terminates or refuses to grant a renewal of the tenancy, 

 or unreasonably requires more onerous conditions as terms of 

 such renewal (including notice to quit for purposes of sale), the 

 tenant, upon quitting the holding, shall be entitled to com- 

 pensation for disturbance, which shall mean, in addition to any 

 compensation due to the tenant for the improvements under any 

 Act or agreement, a further compensation in respect to the loss 

 which the arbitrator, in default of agreement, shall find to be 

 sustained by the tenant by reason of quitting the holding. 



IN PART III. 



It is a matter of common agreement that any scheme of occupy- 

 ing ownership as between the sitting tenant and the owner should 

 be on a voluntary basis. The underlying principle is that the 

 owner as a willing seller offers the farm to the tenant as a willing 

 buyer at the same price as (or less than) would be obtained by 

 auction in the open market. 



Any scheme which contains provisions that would put the 

 owner in a worse position than would result from auction will 

 defeat the object in view. 



Everyone agrees that the former system of landlord and 

 tenant, with no likelihood of sale of the estate, is best for the 

 country, for owner, tenant, and labourer. But, given the fact 

 that these ideal conditions are no longer possible, it is necessary 

 to consider the effect on the tenant. 



Your Committee are of opinion that there is an urgent necessity 

 for immediate legislation by which approved tenants, large and 

 small, will be able to purchase their holdings under voluntary 

 arrangements, under the principle of reducible mortgages to be 

 arranged by the State, and, further, that it is imperative that the 

 whole of the purchase money should be advanced. 



The only way in which the wealth of the country can be added 

 to in connection with farming is to make the occupier feel that 

 he will never be turned out of his farm, and your Committee are 



