AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL 379 



compensation under this Act, and shall be set off and 

 recovered in manner before provided in this section. 

 This sub-section shall only apply where the said 

 contract is for a tenancy from year to year, or for a 

 year or any less term or for a term of years not 

 exceeding twenty-one^ at a rack-rent. 



Resumption for Improvements and Miscellaneous. 



41. Where on a tenancy from year to year a notice to quit Resumption 

 is given by the landlord with a view to the use of land for for'^couager 

 any of the following purposes : — ^^^^ 



The erection of farm labourers' cottages or other houses, s. ^j.j 



with or without gardens ; 

 The providing of gardens for existing farm labourers' 



cottages or other houses ; 

 The allotment for labourers of land for gardens or other 



purposes ; 

 The planting of trees ; 



The opening or working of any coal, ironstone, limestone, 

 or other mineral, or of a stone quarry, clay, sand, or 

 gravel pit, or the construction of any works or build- 

 ings to be used in connection therewith ; 

 The obtaining of brick, earth, gravel, or sand ; 

 The making of a watercourse, or reservoir, or providing 



water supply ; 

 The making of any road, railway, tramroad, siding, canal, 

 or basin, or any wharf, pier, or other work connected 

 therewith, or any sanitary works or improvements ; 

 and the notice to quit so states, then it shall, by virtue of 

 this Act, be no objection to the notice that it relates to 

 part only of the holding. 



In every such case the provisions of this Act respecting 

 compensation shall apply as on determination of a tenancy 

 in respect of an entire holding. 



The tenant shall also be entitled to a proportionate 

 reduction of rent in respect of the land comprised in the 

 notice to quit, and in respect of any depreciation of the 

 value to -him of the residue of the holding, caused by the 

 withdrawal of that land from the holding or by the use to 

 be made thereof, and the amount of that reduction shall 

 be ascertained by agreement or settled by a reference under 

 this Act. And the tenant shall also be entitled to recover 



