36 TJit Agricultural Holdings (^England) Act, 1883. 
resisted the compensation demanded. Looking at the litigation 
and expense of which a reference may be the beginning, the 
obvious course for sensible men is to avoid one if possible, hy 
reasonable demands in the first instance and mutual concession ; 
but if, as appears to be threatened, experts should be employed 
to exaggerate claims and make oat big bills, as when propertv 
is taken under the compulsory powers of a railway company, 
there is little hope of quiet settlements. 
If costs are mentioned in the award, the partv required to 
pay them may have them taxed by the registrar of the County 
Court, from whose decision either party may appeal to the 
Judge (§ 20). It will be understood that neither registrar nor 
Judge can, merely upon taxation, upset or vary the referees' or 
umpire's decision in fixing the costs on either side. 
(f) Another part of the award must be a day fixed in it (not 
sooner than one month after it has been first delivered) for the 
payment of the compensation and costs (§ 21). 
(f) If a landlord desires to charge his estate (under §§ 29—32) 
with the amount of compensation found due to the tenant, the 
award must specify the time at which, for the purposes of 
such charge, each improvement, act, or thing in respect of which 
compensation is awarded, is to be deemed to be exhausted." 
This part of the award depends entirely upon the landlord ; if 
he requests the referees or umpire to give these particulars, 
neither they nor the tenant have anything to say ; and it is for 
him afterwards in his discretion to make the charge, or allow 
the compensation to be paid in the ordinary manner. 
Award for Compensation under §§ 3, 4, 5. — It will be re- 
membered (1) that, while the general right of tenants to com- 
pensation under the Act is recognised (§ 1), compensation is 
only payable under the Act in respect of permanent improve- 
ments upon the landlord's unconditional assent, and in respect 
of drainage upon the landlord allowing the tenant to execute it, 
also without conditions ; ('2 ) that in the event of an agreement 
in either case, the agreed compensation is allowed to be sub- 
stituted for compensation under the Act (§§ 3, 4); and (3) that the 
like substitution is allowed in the case of temporary improve- 
ments made after January 1, under then existing or future 
contracts of tenancy, provided that the agreed compensation for 
these temporarv improvements is fair and reasonable, having 
regard to the circumstances existing at the time the agreement 
was made, and subject, as regards tenancies current on January 1, 
to the condition that if the tenant has agreed for specific com- 
pensation for any temporary improvement, or can recover such 
specific compensation by custom or statute, this is to be the 
compensation he receives (§ 5). 
