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part share in the property. That in this 

 country there is a real danger of dual-owner- 

 ship being gradually evolved from the system 

 of landlord and tenant, was clearly shown by 

 Sir Sydney Olivier, when contrasting the 

 tenure of land in the Channel Islands with 

 the custom which has grown up at Evesham : 

 " There (Channel Islands) practically the 

 original landlord's interest has become a fixed 

 charge upon the property, and what passes 

 between one tenant and another is precisely 

 "what passes under this Evesham custom, 

 " namely, the full value of the tenant-right and 

 " the improvements, and the rent charge of tJie 

 " landlord remains — I am not sure whether it is 

 " fixed by law or custom — as an absolutely fixed 

 " rent charge. That seems to be the tendency 

 *' in that particular development of cultivation 

 "which is going on in the Evesham district, 

 " and "which will go on more and more in this 

 " country as small holdings and intensive cul- 

 "tivation are developed."* 



A system of dual- ownership neither satis- 



* Debate on a paper read by Mr. Raymond Webb at the 

 Farmers' Club on March 3, 1913, entitled "The Evesham 

 Custom." 



