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leave the premises in as good condition as if the improvement 

 had not been made. 



It is the usual thing for the incoming tenant to pay the sum 

 which is due the outgoing tenant as remuneration for improve- 

 ments ; and in case the new tenant remains but a short time 

 on the farm, so that at the expiration of his tenancy he has not 

 had time to realize in full upon such investments, he receives 

 remuneration for such improvements just the same as if he had 

 executed them himself. 



These are the essential points of the Agricultural Holdings 

 Act of 1883 as modified by the later Acts. In 1908 two impor- 

 tant additions were made to the law, the one relating to damages 

 to crops from game, and compensation for unreasonable disturbance. 

 The first specifies that damage to crops from game which the 

 tenant has no right to take shall be compensated for by the 

 landlord if the damage amounts to more than one shilling per 

 acre of the area over which the damage extends. In order to 

 receive compensation the tenant must give notice in writing to 

 the landlord as soon as may be after the damage was first ob- 

 served by the tenant and a reasonable opportunity given the 

 landlord to inspect the damage. 



The second provides for compensation for unreasonable dis- 

 turbance of the tenant who is removed by the landlord without 

 good and sufficient cause or who finds it necessary to move 

 because of demands for increased rents, demanded by reason 

 of an increase in the value of the holding due to improvements 

 which have been executed by or at the cost of the tenant, and 

 for which he has not, either directly or indirectly, received an 

 equivalent from the landlord. The tenant may claim compen- 

 sation for the loss or expense directly attributable to his quitting 

 the holding which he may unavoidably incur upon or in con- 

 nection with the sale or removal of his household goods, or his 

 implements of husbandry, produce, or farm stock on or used 

 in connection with the holding. 



The law, as it now stands, seems to supply the regulations 

 necessary to an amicable adjustment of the relations between 

 landlord and tenant in England. 



