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a*  which  point  there  is  a trapped  drain  to  carry  off  rain- 
water. 
On  our  first  inspection  some  of  the  buildings  were  not 
completed  ; and  at  these  points  we  could  gather  the  amount  of 
labour  and  expense  incurred  in  ballasting  roads  and  making 
foundations,  seeing  the  bottomless  condition  of  the  unfinished 
parts. 
The  milk-house,  into  which  all  the  milk  is  brought,  is  a 
small,  simple,  yet  convenient  building,  with  a copper  in  one 
corner  for  scalding  and  cleaning  vessels,  and  a large  cold-water 
tank,  bath-shaped,  on  the  opposite  side,  into  which  churns  are 
plunged  to  cool  the  milk  before  its  departure  to  Hull.  The 
only  other  building  into  which  milk  is  received  is  a small  but 
beautifully  equipped  dairy,  which  forms  a part  of  the  bailiff’s 
house,  and  is  used  for  milk  to  supply  the  domestic  require- 
ments of  the  Twyers  Wood  household.  This  department  is 
superintended  by  Mrs.  Turnbull.  Another  room  of  this  building 
is  used  by  Mr.  Turnbull  as  an  office. 
The  extent  of  the  farm  is  181  acres,  3 roods,  and  13  perches 
(exclusive  of  plantations),  of  which  96  acres,  2 roods,  17  perches 
are  in  tillage. 
It  is  leased  for  21  years  from  the  6th  of  April,  1881, 
from  George  Dickenson,  Esq.,  of  Roos,  Holderness,  at  a rent  of 
46s.  per  acre,  the  tenant  paying  the  rates  and  taxes,  viz.,  poor 
rates,  about  2s.  in  the  pound  (370/.)  ; highway  rate,  8 d.  in  the 
pound ; rectorial  tithe  rent-charge,  vicarial  tithe,  and  clerk’s 
dues,  9/.  16s.  9 d. ; income  tax,  Schedule  ‘ B,’  4/.  18s.  Id. ; 
inhabited  house  duty,  12s.  Qd ; in  all,  about  7s.  per  acre. 
Some  of  the  conditions  of  the  tenancy  may  be  usefully  men- 
tioned : — 
(a)  Sale  of  Hay  and  Straw. — The  tenant  may  sell  hay  and 
straw  on  the  understanding  that  he  shall  first  have  brought  on 
to  the  farm  2 cwts.  per  acre  of  guano,  or  its  equivalent  in  other 
manure  for  each  acre  of  hay  or  straw  sold. 
(/>)  Solving  down  to  Grass. — “ If  the  lessee  shall  sow  down 
any  land  to  grass,  the  lessor  will  allow  to  the  lessee  the  cost 
price  of  the  seed  used  for  the  purpose  ; but  if  any  such  land, 
after  being  sown  down  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  ploughed  up 
again  by  the  lessee,  the  lessee  shall  immediately  thereafter 
repay  to  the  lessor  the  amount  previously  allowed  for  seed  as 
aforesaid.” 
(c)  Buildings. — “The  lessee  shall  be  at  liberty  to  remove 
during  the  continuance  of  this  demise  any  buildings  which  shall 
have  been  erected  by  him  at  his  expense,  if  the  lessor  shall  not, 
after  receiving  one  month’s  previous  notice  in  writing  from  the 
lessee  requiring  him  to  do  so,  and  before  the  expiration  of  the 
