Tlie Agricultural Holdings (^England) Act, 1875. 
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determination of the tenancy " (§ 14). Thus, where the Act 
applies, a tenant may claim for artificial manures under the Act, 
and for consumption of feeding-stuffs either under the Act, or 
under agreement or custom, at his option. 
Two other important restrictions will govern the claim. 
First, in ascertaining the amount due to the tenant, he will not 
be credited with any larger outlay during the last year of his 
tenancy than the average amount of his outlay for like purposes 
during the three preceding years, or during any shorter period 
if his tenancy has not lasted so long (§ 15). Thus if he spends 
on manure and cake or feeding-stuff 800/. in 1876-7, 700/. in 
1877-8, 654/. in 1878-9, and 800/. in 1879-80 when the tenancy 
expires, the basis of compensation in respect of the last year's 
outlay will not be 800Z. but one-third of 800/., 700/. and 654/. 
added together, or 718/. The object of this limitation is to 
prevent an unfair expenditure upon artificial manure or cake in 
the last year of the tenancy. 
The second restriction is that if any hay, straw, roots, or green 
crops have been sold off the holding within the last two years of 
the tenancy, the estimated value of the manure that would have 
been produced by the consumption of these growths on the holding 
is to be deducted from the compensation claimed, " except as far 
as a proper return of manure to the holding has been made in 
respect of such produce sold off" (§ 15). In other words, the 
land rented has a first claim upon the crops here specified, and 
provision is made for their return to the soil in the shape of 
manure, or for an equivalent return from bought manure or from 
purchased feeding-stuff. This equivalent must be rendered 
before the bought manure, and the cake or feeding-stuff applied 
during the same period, can count to the credit of the outgoing 
tenant. 
Like the tenant who makes a second-class improvement, the 
tenant making a third-class improvement is exempt from the 
necessity of considering the nature of his landlord's interest in 
his property, and his compensation is the same under any tenure. 
In estimating his compensation, it will be for the referees to 
decide as best they can what proportion of his outlay " fairly 
represents " to his successor the value of the manuring and stock- 
feeding of the two previous years. Here, again, the farmer must 
be careful to keep accounts and vouchers, which will serve as 
the basis of valuation in case he quits the holding. 
General Conditions affecting Landlord and Tenant. 
Set-off and Deductions from Tenanfs Compensation. — Besides 
the sum necessary for putting a first-class improvement into 
tenantable repair or good condition (§ 11), the ex-tenant's com- 
