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THE CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.

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THE CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. In London, on Tuesday, an adjourned meeting of the Central Chamber of Agriculture took place in the large room of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, for the purpose of considering the various clauses of the Agricultural Holdings Bill. Mr. Duckham, M.P., presided. The first business of importance was the considera- tion of certain measures for better securing to tenants compensation for agricultural improvements. Mr. Colbourne, of Monmouthshire, moved that the Bill should be retrospective with regard to the right of the tenant to his fixtures, including steam-engines, so as to place all tenants in the same position with regard to fixtures. The amendment was lost. With respect to the matter of distress, the Couneil was asked to confirm its previous decision and to amend the clause by making it run two years instead of one. N Mr. Atkins, of Northamptonshire, seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr. Chaplin, M.P., who said it was to the interest of agriculturists generally that the law of distress should not be abolished. The motion, however, fell to the ground, an amsad- ment being carried to the effect that it should iiot be lawful for any landlord entitled to the rent of any holding to which the Bill applies to distrain for rent which became due more than one yaar before the making of such distress. On the motion of Mr. Mansfield, it was decided to add the following words at the end of Clause Jo or the Government Bill: Except where a tenant teres upon what is known as the hire and purchase system, or who has acquired an interest in the machinery by pay. ment or by contract of purchase. A long discussion ensiled respecting Liause 2i,— Mr. Heneage, M.P., moved that the principle of Lo?d Stanhope's amendment meets with tac- approval of the meeting, inasmuch as.it covered evezy thing ia the Bill. This was seconded by Mr. S. B. L. Bruce, feecawsa the words of the amendment were idaatieal with those which the Bill contained in 1847. The amendment having been accepted, artention vas called to the fact that Clause 2S of the 8iU did. not define the amount of. compensation to be paid in. each particular case.

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