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(14) Warping or weiring of land. 



(15) Embankments and sluices against floods. 



(16) The erection of wirework in hop gardens. 



[NOTE. The above are subject to the provisions given under the 

 third class of improvements with respect to market gardens.] 



The drainage of land is put into a class by itself. It is required 

 that the tenant shall give notice to the landlord of his intention 

 to construct a drainage system if he is to expect compensation 

 under the law for his improvement. This notice must be given 

 not more than three months nor less than two months before 

 the beginning of the execution of the work, and during this time 

 the landlord may, if the tenant has not in the meantime with- 

 drawn the notice, " undertake to execute the improvement 

 himself, and may execute the same in any reasonable and proper 

 manner which he thinks fit, and charge the tenant with a sum 

 not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum on the outlay 

 incurred in executing the improvement, or not exceeding such 

 annual sum payable for a period of twenty-five years as will 

 repay such outlay in the said period, with interest at the rate 

 of three per centum per annum, such annual sum to be recover- 

 able as rent. In default of any such . . . undertaking, and also 

 in the event of the landlord failing to comply with his under- 

 taking within a reasonable time, the tenant may execute the 

 improvement himself, and shall in respect thereof be entitled to 

 compensation " under the Agricultural Holdings Act. 



The third class includes a large number of improvements for 

 which compensation can be claimed under the law, without 

 having gained the consent of the landlord or having given notice 

 to him previous to the execution of such improvements. The 

 list of improvements put into this class is as follows : 



(18) Chalking land. 



(19) Clay burning. 



(20) Claying of land, or spreading blaes upon land. 



(21) Liming of land. 



(22) Marling of land. 



(23) Application to land of purchased artificial or other purchased 

 manure. 



