Tlie Agricultural Holdings {England) Act, 1883. 29 
one month's notice was required. This notice is a vital one, 
and tenants must remember that if thej omit to give it within 
the time specified, their right to claim compensation under the 
Act is gone. " When a tenant gives such a notice," the land- 
lord may serve on the tenant a written counter-notice of his 
intention to make a claim in respect of waste or breach. Thus, 
as has been already stated, the landlord can only recover under 
the Act for waste or breach by way of counter-claim to the 
tenant's claim of compensation. The period open to the land- 
lord for making claims is any time after the notice up to four- 
teen days after the tenancy determines. Lastly, each notice and 
counter-notice must state, " as far as reasonably may be, the 
particulars and amount" of the intended claim." The tenant's 
notice will be addressed to the landlord, and not the agent. 
No special words are necessary, but it may run in this form : — 
" Sir, — I hereby give you notice that under or in pursuance 
of the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1883, I 
intend, on quitting my holding at the determination of my 
tenancy on the day of next, to claim com- 
pensation from you, being the landlord of such holding, in 
respect of the following improvements executed by me, or vested 
in me by purchase, namely \^Here set out each imjjrovement, with 
the sum claimed for each and the date at which executed. It tcill 
be convenient, for future reference, to number each head of claim.'^ " 
This notice must be signed by the tenant, or, in case of his 
death or bankruptcy, by his executors or trustee, and dated so as 
to show that the requirements of the Act in respect to time of 
service have been complied with. There can be no excuse for 
not serving the notice in time, as it may be served directly after 
receiving the notice to quit. The only reason for delaying it is 
that all acts of husbandry giving a right of claim may be in- 
cluded. Any omission may be fatal to the tenant's right to 
recover compensation, not only under but outside the Act, for 
§ 57, it will be remembered, bars his remedy to recover outside 
the Act compensation for improvements " for which he is 
entitled to compensation under or in pursuance of the Act." 
Thus, if the title in question is lost by default in serving notice, 
the results to the tenant may be serious. The claim may be 
amended or supplemented by a second notice if given two 
months before the tenancy determines. The landlord's counter- 
notice may in substance follow the same form. 
As to Service of Notices (§ 28). — It may be convenient to 
note here the requirements of the Act as to the service of notice. 
Section 28 applies to all notices, requests, demands, or other 
instruments under the Act. Service of these may be effected 
