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39. Landlord, incumhent of "benefice. — Where a landlord is incumbent of 
an ecclesiastical benefice, the powers by this Act conferred on a landlord shall 
not be exercised by him in respect of the glebe land or other land belonging 
to the benefice, except with the previous approval in writing of the patron of 
the benefice, that is, the person, ofBcer, or authority who, in case the benefice 
were vacant, would be entitled to present thereto, or of the Governors of 
Queen Anne's Bounty (that is, the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne 
for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy). 
In every such case the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty may, if they 
think fit, on behalf of the incumbent, out of any money in their hands, pay to 
the tenant the amount of compensation due to him under this Act ; and 
thereupon they may, instead of the incumbent, obtain from the county court 
a charge on the holding, in respect thereof, in favour of themselves. 
Every such charge shall Be effectual, notwithstanding any change of the 
incumbent, 
40. Landlord, charity trustees, dr. — The powers by this Act conferred on 
a landlord in respect of charging the land shall not be exercised by trustees 
for ecclesiastical or charitable purfxjses, except with the previous approval in 
writing of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. 
Resumption for Improvement?, and Miscellaneous. 
41. Resumption of possession for cottages, &c. — Where on a tenancy from 
year to year a notice to quit is given by the landlord with a view to the use 
of land for any of the following purposes : 
The erection of farm-labourers' cottages or other houses, with or without 
gardens ; 
The providing of gardens for existing farm-labourers' cottages or other 
houses ; 
The allotment for labourers of land for gardens or other purposes ; 
The planting of trees ; 
The opening or working of any coal, ironstone, limestone, or other mineral, 
or of a stone quarry, clay, sand, or gravel pit, or the construction of any 
works or buildings to be used in connection therewith ; 
The obtaining of brick-earth, gravel, or sand ; 
The making of a watercourse or reservoir ; 
The making of any read, railway, tramroad, siding, canal, or basin, or 
any wharf, pier, or other work connected therewith ; 
and the notice to quit so states, then it shall, by virtue of this Act, be no 
objection to the notice that it relates to part only of the holding. 
In every such case the provisions of this Act respecting compensation shall 
apply as on determination of a tenancy in respect of an entire holding. 
The tenant shall also be entitled to a proportionate reduction of rent in 
respect of the land comprised in the notice to quit, and in respect of any 
depreciation of the value to him of the residue of the holding, caused by the 
withdrawal of that laud from the holding or by the use to be made thereof, 
and the amount of that reduction shall be ascertained by agreement or settled 
by a reference under this Act, as in case of compensation (but without 
appeal). 
The tenant shall further be entitled, at any time within twenty-eight days 
after service of the notice to quit, to serve on the landlord a notice in wr ting 
to the effect that he (the tenant) accepts the same as a notice to quit the 
entire holding, to take effect at the expiration of the then current year of 
tenancy ; and the notice to quit shall have effect accordingly. 
42. Provision as to limited owners. — Subject to the provisions of this 
Act in relation to Crown, duchy, ecclesiastical, and charity lands, a landlord, 
whatever may be his estate or interest in his holding, may give any consent, 
