186 The Agricultural Holdings {England) Act, 1875. 
Set-off of Benefit to Tenant. 
17. In the ascertainment of the amount of the tenant's compensation there 
shall be taken into account in reduction thereof any benefit which the land- 
lord has given or allowed to the tenant in consideration of the tenant 
executing the improvement. 
Tenant's Compensation for Breach of Covenant. 
18. Where a landlord commits a breach of covenant or other agreement 
connected with the contract of tenancy, and the tenant claims under this Act 
compensation in respect of an improvement, then the tenant shall be entitled 
to obtain, on the determination of the tenancy, compensation in respect of the 
breach, subject and according to the provisions of this Act. 
Landlord's Title to Compensation. 
19. Where a tenant commits or permits waste, or commits a breach of a 
covenant or other agreement connected with the contract of tenancy, and the 
tenant claims compensation under this Act in respect of an improvement, 
then the landlord shall be entitled, by counter-claim, but not otherwise, to 
obtain, on the determination of the tenancy, compensation in respect of the 
waste or breach, subject and according to the provisions of this Act. 
But nothing in this section shall enable a landlord to obtain under this 
Act compensation in respect of waste or a breach committed or permitted in 
relation to a matter of husbandry more than four years before the determina- 
tion of the tenancy. 
Procedure. 
Notice of Intended Claim. 
20. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a tenant shall not be entitled to 
compensation under this Act unless one month at least before the determina- 
tion of the tenancy he gives notice in writing to the landlord of his intention 
to make a claim for compensation under this Act, 
Where a tenant gives such a notice the landlord may, before the deter- 
mination of the tenancy, or within fourteen days thereafter, give a counter- 
notice in writing to the tenant of his intention to make a claim for compensa- 
tion under this Act. 
Every such notice and counter-notice shall state, as far as reasonably may 
be, the particulars of the intended claim. 
Compensation agreed or settled hy Be/erence. ^ 
21. The landlord and the tenant may agree on the amount and mode and 
time of payment of compensation to be paid to the tenant or to the landlord 
under this Act. 
If in any case they do not so agree the difference shall be settled by a 
r eference. 
Appointment of Referee or Referees and Umpire. 
22. Where there is a reference under this Act, a referee, or two referees and 
an umpire, shall be appointed as follows : 
(1.) If the parties concur, there may be a single referee appointed by them 
jointly : 
(2.) If before award the single referee dies or becomes incapable of acting, 
or for seven days after notice from the parties, or cither of them, 
