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tion for all he has put on the land; in 

 other words, the landlord has to buy his 

 interest. The same holds good in the case 

 of a farm that has been taken over from the 

 landlord with standing buildings and 

 orchards. When the tenant leaves he is 

 either entitled to compensation for his 

 trees or to take them with him. t 



Basis for Compensation. — Mr. J. K. 

 Woodward, fruit farmer, Worcestershire, 

 wrote: — "That the landlord should 

 " receive some recognition of the inherent 

 " capabilities of the soil I am willing to 

 " admit, and as it seems probable now that 

 " the law on the matter will be based on 

 " obtaining the landlord's permission in 

 " writing, 1 suggest that the proposed site 

 " be previously inspected, valued, and 

 " terms of future tenancy be arranged 

 "beforehand; and not that the landlord 

 " step in and take 25 per cent, if the 

 " orchard be a splendid success owing to 

 " careful selection, planting and cultiva- 

 " tion by the grower. That would be a tax 



tCaptain R. Berry, Green Castle, Co. Ltonegci. 



" on the industry, and it must be noted 

 " that, unlike a house, a fruit plantation 

 " in fifty years will be declining in value, 

 " and should the forty or fifty trees per 

 " acre equal ' not far short of £1 each,' 

 " the £40 or £50 per acre is a fair price 

 " for freehold originally, and represents 

 " £1 per acre per annum for fifty years. 

 " So that, considering the initial outlay at 

 " £1 per acre per annum and the original 

 " rent at 30s. per acre, an additional 7| 

 "or 10 per cent, for permission to plant 

 " should recompense the landlord amply." 



" I know by experience that where the 

 " plantation is on land belonging to a well 

 " and old-established family, whose rental 

 " is a fixture, the tenant right of such is 

 " of much greater value than on land that 

 " may come into the market in a few years, 

 " or the present rent of which cannot be 

 " relied upon as that which an incoming 

 " tenant would have to pay in the future." 



Mr. Woodward criticised the cost of 

 actual planting in estimates of cost of 

 planting given as being too low. 



