376 = 110 
English Land Law. 
Conditions of 
compensation. 
the landlord or incoming tenant for " the additional value given 
by that consumption to the manure left on the holding at the 
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 govern the claim. First, in 
ascertaining the amount due to the tenant, he is not credited 
with any larger outlay during the last year of his tenancy than 
the average amount of his outlay for like purposes during th 
three preceding years, or during any shorter .period if his 
tenancy has not lasted so long (§ 15). Thus if he spends o 
manure and cake or feeding-stuff 800Z. in 1876-7, 700Z. in 
1877-8, 654/. in 1878-9, and 800Z. in 1879-80, when the tenanc 
expires, the basis of compensation in respect of the last year' 
outlay will not be 800Z. but one-third of 800Z., 700Z. and 65 
added together, or 718Z. The object of this limitation is 
prevent a disproportionate expenditure upon artificial manure o 
cake in the last year of the tenancy. 
The second restriction is that if any hay, straw, roots, or gree 
crops have been sold off the holding within the last two years o 
the tenancy, the estimated value of the manure that would hav 
been produced by the consumption of these growths on th 
holding is to be deducted from the compensation claime 
" except as far as a proper return of manure to the holding h 
been made in respect of such produce sold off" (§ 15). In othe 
words, the land rented has a first claim upon the crops hen 
specified, and provision is made for their return to the soil ii 
the shape of manure, or for an equivalent return from bough 
manure or from purchased feeding-stuff. This equivalent mus 
be rendered before the bought manure, and the cake or feeding 
stuff used during the same period, can count to the credit o 
the outgoing tenant. , 
Like the tenant who makes a second-class improvement, thi 
tenant making a third-class improvement is exempt from thl 
necessity of considering the nature of his landlord's interest i! 
his property, and his compensation is the same under an* 
tenure. In estimating his compensation, it is for the valuers tj 
decide as best they can what proportion of his outlay " fairlj 
represents " to his successor the value of the manuring and stocK 
feeding of the two previous years. The farmer must therefoi 
be careful to keep accounts and vouchers, which will serve £ 
the basis of valuation in case he quits the holding. 
General condi. Having examined the subjects of compensation under the Atl 
tions a ec ing ^^^^^ notice the general conditions affecting landlord ar' 
