Tlie Agricultural Holdings (^England) Act, 1875. 153 
respect of buildings, and matters not relating to husbandry, the 
four years' limitation will not apply. 
In justice to the tenant, it was necessary to give him a reci- 
procal claim for compensation in case of breach of covenant or 
other subsisting agreement by the landlord. The Act accord- 
ingly recognises this corresponding right ; but while the land- 
lord cannot recover for the waste or the breach unless by counter- 
claim to the compensation sought by the tenant, so the tenant 
cannot recover for the landlord's breach alone. He must claim 
compensation in respect of an improvement, and then only is 
entitled to obtain compensation for the breach (§ 18). 
Peocedure. 
It may be hoped that, with the; help of the explanations already 
ariven, a tenant will be able to satisfv himself without much 
difficulty whether, first, his holding comes under the operation of 
the Act, and next, whether he is properly entitled to claim com- 
pensation. He knows, or should know, the exact sum he has spent 
upon each class of improvements, and should have carefully re- 
corded not only the particulars of his outlay, but the period at 
which each improvement was executed. We have now to con- 
sider what steps the Act prescribes to the tenant who desires to 
set up a claim, and, if the parties are unable to agree upon the 
sum so claimed, how the amount of compensation is to be arrived 
at and payment enforced. 
Notice of Claim hy Tenant. — It is all-important to remember 
that a tenant is barred from any compensation under the Act, 
unless one month at least before the tenancy determines he 
notifies in writing to the landlord his intention to claim com- 
pensation under the Act. Such notice must contain, " as far as 
reasonably may be, the particulars of the intended claim " (§ 20). 
It may take this form, addressed to the landlord or his agent — 
"SlE, — Pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings 
(England) Act, 1875, I hereby give you notice that I intend, on 
the determination of my tenancy of this holding, to claim com- 
pensation from the landlord for the following improvements 
executed thereon : 
" 1. Draining the field called Little Biggs, containing 13 A. 
G R. 20 P., at a cost of I. in the year of my tenancy, ending 
Michaelmas 18 
" 2. Erecting barn at , at a cost of I. in 
the above year. 
" 3. Enlarging cow-house at the same farm at a cost of I. 
in the year of my tenancy, ending Michaelmas 18 
