AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF cloap. XVI. 



60 1. advance. In that case, the landlord must 

 either refuse the offer of 200 1. yearly rent, and 

 suffer his farm to continue in the hands of a slo- 

 ven, to his own great mortification, and to the 

 great loss of the community, or pay the present 

 tenant 600 1. to get quit of him. In these cir- 

 cumstances, can any man say that the interest 

 of the landlord is properly attended by such a 

 plan? Repays the tenant 600 1. without any 

 equivalent, and the tenant receives that sum 

 without having done any thing to entitle him to 

 it. Let it be admitted, that the tenant has a 

 right to 10 year's purchase of such proportion 

 of the rise-rent, as can be fairly placed to the 

 account of his improvements ; but more than 

 this he cannot, in reason and justice, claim. 



Could the lease in question be so altered and 

 modified, as to obviate this objection, it appears 

 to be, in other respects, unexceptionable. I pre- 

 tend not to say, however, how this can or ought 

 to be done. I shall only observe, that as the 

 great object of the plan is to promote the speedy 

 and complete improvement of the country, and 

 with that view holds out the ten year's purchase 

 of the rise-rent to the tenant, as an incitement 

 to persevering industry, some alteration, such as 

 the following, might answer the purpose with 

 greater effect, and at the same time completely 

 secure the landlord's rights. It might be pro- 

 vided in the lease, that in case no part of 

 the rise-rent can be fairly ascribed to the te- 

 nant's improvements, he shall be obliged to 

 remove without any allowance. Jf any pro- 

 portion of the rise-rent, under two-thirds, can 

 be placed to the account of his improvement. 



