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Leighton's) and the Tithe-Rent Charge (Extraordinary) Bill 

 (Mr. Inderwick's). Neither of these Bills was introduced into 

 Parliament, but the Council approved the principle of both 

 measures. In 1883 the proposals of the Royal Commission 

 on Agriculture regarding tithe were endorsed by the Council, 

 and a suggestion was also approved that the right of distress 

 should, like that for agricultural rents, be limited to one year 

 instead of two. 



In 1886 the Extraordinary Tithe Redemtion Act was passed, 

 but it was not considered at any stage by the Council. 



In 1887 the matter was before the Council on three occa- 

 sions. Lord Salisbury introduced a Bill providing that tithe 

 should in all cases be paid by the landlord, and this proposal 

 was approved by the Council in May. An amendment to 

 the effect that the Bill was inadequate and that no settle- 

 ment would be satisfactory which did not include as its primary 

 condition a revaluation and readjustment of tithe, was nega- 

 tived by 26 votes to 4. A further resolution in favour of Lord 

 Salisbury's Bill was unanimously adopted in 1888. In 1889, 

 after disposing of several amendments, the Council resolved 

 with only two dissentients that no measure will afford a 

 satisfactory settlement which does not provide on a fair 

 basis for a general redemption of the tithe rent charge. 



In 1890 the Government reintroduced their Tithe Rent- 

 charge Recovery and Redemption Bill, which provided for 

 collecting the charge from the owner instead of the occupier. 

 In April the Council approved the Bill so far as it went, but 

 called attention to several deficiencies. Numerous amend- 

 ments having been proposed in the House of Commons, a 

 special Council meeting was held on 20th June to consider 

 them, when it was resolved that amendments were necessary 

 to give the tithe payer relief proportioned to the new and 

 increased power proposed to be conferred on the tithe owner. 

 The Government withdrew the Bill while in the Committee 

 stage, and introduced a fresh Bill in December, 1890, omitting 

 the redemption clauses. This was generally approved by a 

 resolution, and it received the Royal Assent on 26th March, 

 1891. The Government then appointed a Royal Commission 



