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we"* —— ————— CARMAN I HtKSHIKE CHAMBtR OF AGRICULTURE-I The members of this Chamber met in quarterly meeting at the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen, 1 on Wednesday last, a good company being pre- sided over by the chairman, Mr. J. W. Harries, Pilroth, who was supported by Mr. R. R. Carver, Wenallt; Rev. J. Marsden, Llanliwch; Rev. D. Evans, D.D., Llangunnor; and Prof. Williams, Aberstwith. A capital repast was provicled by Mrs. Olive, and after that the Chairman proposed the toast of "The King/' which was loyally re- ceived. The following new members were accepted Mr. E. B. Jones, Towy Castle; and Mr. J. Roberts, Towyn, Merionethshire. In the absence of Mr. Roberts, Prof Williams! read his paper on Tenant Right under the New Act," in the course of whicn the writer stated In the year 1848 the first decided step towards the establishing of agricultural legislation was taken by the appointment of a select committee to enquire into the law and custom of different parts of England and Wales, as between out- going and in-ooming tenants, and also as between iandlord and tenant with reference to .unexhausted improvements on the one hand, and deterioration of land and premises occupied for agricultural purposes on the other." The coun- try, however, was hardly ripe at the time for legis- lation on the subject, and the committee reported accordingly. Notwithstanding this decision of the committee on the question of compensation, their delibera- tions were not without effect. They called atten- tion to the restricted powers of persons having timited estates, who were at that time hindered in granting leases with compensation clauses, and they also brought to notice the difficulties at- tached to agricultural fixtures, and in the Act of 1851 we find a special clause dealing with this latter injustice. This new Act-bearing the title;, of "Landlord and Tenant Act," was the first of six Acts that have dealt with the relationship be- tween the owner and the occupier of an agricul- tural holding. Section 3 embodied the recom- mendation of the select committee as to fixtures and placed the agricultural tenant on an equal footing with the tradesman. The latter, at the determination of his tenancy, was in many cases permitted to remove fixtures erected by himself for the purpose of his trade, but the farmer was very unjustly compelled to leave all such erec- tions to his landlord. This Act, however, did no- thing in the way of providing compensation for unexhausted improvements, beyond merely de- fining the tenants' right to such; and conse- quently many years of agitation went by before the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1875 was passed. This, though the first. of a series, was still a bold attempt to deal with the very difficult question of compensation, and for this purpose it divided the improvements into three classes: (1) Those which were considered to extend over a period of 20 years, and for which no compensation was pay- able unless the landlord's consent to them in writing was obtained. (2) Those which were held to be exhausted at the end of seven years, and for which no payment could be claimed unless not more than 42, or not less than seven days' notice were given to the landlord of the intention to jnake the improvement before it was carried out. (3) Those which were deemed to be exhausted at the end of two years, and for which no consent or notice to the owner was necessary. In the first two cases, the basis of compensation was the amount of original outlay, lees a proportionate part according to the number of years the im- provement was carried out, and in the third class, the proportion of the original sum laid out as fairly represented the value to an in-coming ten- ant. However, the Act was a permissive Act only, and consequently never came into general use, as landlords and tenants could agree that it should not apply to the tenancy, which in the jnajority of cases they did, rendering the Act no- thing more or at. least chiefly interesting as evi- dence of views which prevailed at that time upon the subject. The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1883, which made compensation to tenants for the improve- ments named in the Act compulsory upon land- lords. The basis of compensation, according to this Act, was to be the value of the improvement to the in-coming tenant. The Act introduced also other important alterations in the law with ragaro to notice to quit, fixtures, and distress for rent, and altogether repealed the 1875 Act. The remaining Acts of Parliament relating to agri- cultural tenure and compensation are: The Ten- ants' Compensation Act, 1890, which merely placed mortgagees in possession in the same position as landlords; the Market Gardeners' Compensation Act, which gave additional advan- tages to tenants of market gardens; and the 1900 Act, which came into force on the 1st January, 1901, and which brings about many alterations in the law, and generally gives more freedom to the parties concerned. The basis upon which the compensation is to be ascertained is the same as formerly, i.e., the value of the improvement to the incoming tenant. It differs from the 1883 Act in two respects. First: It applies to Soot- land as well as- England, whereas- each of these countries had, up to the end of the year 1900, an Agricultural Holdings Act of its own, both of which were passed in 1883. Second: This Act is an amending Act simply, and must be read as if incorporated into the existing Act of 1883. It does not, like the English Act of that year, wholly repeal the Acts which then existed, but it is to be construed, so far as it affects agricultural holdings in England and Scotland, with the En- glish and Scotch Acts of 1883. Of the four classes of agriculturists—landlords, out-going tenants, in-going tenants, and labourers —the first and last may be dismissed as not wish- ing for an Agricultural Holdings Act. The for- mer can make himself secure by agreement or lease (the terms of which must vary in direct pro- portion to the demand for land), while the agri- cultural labourer is not affected one way or the other. Of the two remaining classes, out-going tenants exist in thousands, but in-coming tenants only for a few hours or days in the lives of indi- viduals. Whilst a man is seeking to hire a farm he is an in-going tenant, but directly he has once signed the agreement, the terms of his entry, and also of his leaving are settled, and he becomes to all intents and purposes an out-going tenant. It would appear, therefore, that with proper or- ganisation and combination,, the numerous class of out-going tenants could obtain all just demands with ease. The landlord opposes the taking of the tenant's produce at a valuation on quitting, as it reduces the number of possible applicants for the farm, but in practice, when times are good, it Is found that the in-going tenant pays the exact amount of the valuation which the out-going ten- ant is entitled to receive from the landlord, and while this is so, any increase in the statutory com- pensation falls on the shoulders of the in-going tenant. who possesses no possible organisation for resistance, and only indirectly on the landlord. The in-coming tenant is a neglecte d individual, and is often swamped by men who only wish to obtain a big valuation on retiring from their farms to farm no more. Running through the Acts, the following points 4owrve consideration Commencing with Part I. af the First Schedule, we find that this part oon-I tains 16 items of improvements-two more than in the old Act. They are (1) the erection, altera- tion, or enlargement of buildings; (2) formation of aikw; (3) laying down permanent pasture; (4) making and planting of osier beds; (5) making of water meadows or works of irrigation (6) making of gardens; (7) making or improving of roads or bridges; (8) making or improving of water-courses ponds) wells, or reservoirs, or of works for the application of water power; (9) making or re- moval of permanent fences; (10) planting of hops; (11) planting of orchards or fruit bushes (12) pro- tecting young fruit trees; (13) reclaiming of waste tend; (14) warping or weiring of land; (15) em- bankments and sluices against floods; (16) the erection of wirework in hop gardens. Perhaps the most important of the permanent Improvements for which tenants should be careful to obtain previous consent are the last two men- tioned, together with laying down of permanent rstnre, and planting orchards or fruit bushes, for &, M very probable that in the case of the tenant Carrying out any of the other improvements he weald not execute them himself, but would make it a matter of agreement with the landlord. Proceeding to Part II. of the First Schedule, we And that this remains unchanged, and it consists of one item only, viz., (17) drainage, compensation for, which cannot be obtained, unless the tenant lias not more than 3 and not less than 2 months before commencing such improvement, given to the landlord a written notice of his intention to do ma. Now we come to Part III., which is by far the aoost important section of the 1st Schedule, con- taining as it does nine improvements, compensa- tion for which can be claimed by any tenant, with- out either previous consent of, or notice to the landlord. Th ese are: (18) chalking of land, (19) clay burning, (20) claying of land, or spreading Wnes npon land (this is another term borrowed from the Scotch Act); (21) liming of land, (22) marling of land, (23) application to land of pur- chased artificial or other purchased manure; (24) consumption on the holding by cattle, sheep, pigs, I or by horses other tlftin those regularly employed on the holding, of corn, cake, or other feeding stuff not produced on the holding; (25) consump- tion on the holding by cattle, sheep, or pigs, or by horses other than those employed on the hold- ing, of corn, proved by satisfactory evidence to have been produced and consumed on the holding (26) laying down temporary pasture with clover, grass, lucerne, sanfoin, er other seeds, sown more than two years prior to the determination of the holding; (27) in the case of a holding as to which Section 3 of the Market Gardeners' Compensation Act, 1895, applies, there are five items here which however, do not concern us. The introduction of items 25 and 26, which pro- vide compensation respectively for consumption on the holding of home-grown corn," and for "lay- ing down temporary pastures, sown more than two years prior to the determination of the tenancy," will have a far-in effect, and will probably create quite a revolution in tenant-right valua- tions. The extension of the right to compensa- tion fer these last two improvements, together with the inclusion of the words horses and corn in item 24, has been very generally advocated during the last few years, and their inclusion in the new Act will, I apprehend, be generally approved of, and should especially be so in Wales, for the last two provisions may almost be looked upon as being enacted to meet the special case of a Welsh ten- ancy, inasmuch as they fit in so admirably w>th the customs and systems of farming that are in vogue at the present time in Wales. I do not think that I shall be very far off the truth when I say that practically the whole of the corn pro- duced on the majority of Welsh farms is consumed on the holding, and in future this will be con- sidered an improvement under the new Act, and will be compensated for, which has hitherto not been the c¡qp. Again, when we consider that the typical Welsh rotation extends over a period of 9 or 10 years, the natural result of such a lengthy rotation is that. at least half, if not more of the arable land must be under temporary pasture, the bulk of which is of more than two years' stand- ing. and consequently will be entitled to compen- Ration under the provision of item 26. A very important alteration in the law is brought about bv the new Act, by repealing the Section in the 1883 Act which rendered compen- sation under the Act, exclusive, that is to say, a tenant was not able to obtain compensation by custom or otherwise except in the manner author- i8ed by the Act. In future he will be able to do j| so This s a change for the better, and will tend j to make the Act more popular. Another benefit oonfei-red by the new Act is the abolition of the notice of claim by the tenant and of the notice of l counter claim by the landlord. This should go a long way towards destroying that state of war between the parties of which the notioe of claim wqs a signal, and ought to place an arbitration under the Act on the same footing as the ordinary valuation made on a change of j tonanev. I Under the old Act, where a landlord was awar- ded a greater sum in respect of waste and breaches of covenants, etc., committed by the ten- ant, than was awarded to the latter as compensa- tion for improvements, he could not recover the balance under the procedure given by the Act, for his claim formerly was to be merely in reduction of the tenant's claim. But in future all isume, awarded to be paid by either party will be recover- able in the manner provided by the 1883 Act, i.e., upon order made by the judge of the County Court. This change will be welcomed by land- lords, and will not be objected to by fair-minded and good farmers, for it tends directly to improve farming, by strengthening the hands of the land- lord to deal more effectively with bad farmers, whom all classes of agriculturists interested in their great industry would like to be seen weeded out of the land. Another change introduced by the Act, and one which at one time was much objected to, is that clause which enacts that an arbitration shall, un- less the parties otherwise agree, be before a single arbitrator, but, however, it must be remembered that recourse to arbitration under the Act is not to be had until after failure of the parties to settle their differences between themselves, and in de- fault of any agreement between them to submit to arbitration. It is not until both these methods of settlement have failed that arbitration under the Act comes in, and even then it is open to the parties not to have a single arbitrator, for they have a right to agree, if they so desire, that the arbitration shall be before two arbitrators; but it must not be lost sight of however that either the landlord or the tenant has the right to insist on a single arbitrator. The 6th Section of the 1883 Act is wholly re- pealed, and the new Section makes it quite clear that where A tenant has a right of free sale, that right cannot be watered down by a reduction of his claim under the Act as an equivalent for sell- ing such cfbps. The proviso in the same section of the old Act restricting the landlord's right to compensation in respect of waste by the tenant, or breach of contract in relation to a matter of husbandry more than 4 years before the end of the tenancy is not re-enacted, so that henceforward a landlord can claim damage for a waste committed at any time, provided, of course, that the dilapidation oaused by such waste has not been made good. Section 4 confers a benefit on tenant farmers by giving them the property in, and the right of re- moval of ifxtures or buildings which they acquire, as well as the property in those which they af- fixed or erected themselves. Section 5 confers upon landlords a statutory right of entry upon a holding for the purpose of ascertaining in what state it is in. This right is always reserved in leases or agreements, but is now for the first time made statutory. Section 6 abolishes penal rents or liquidated damages for the breach or non-fulfilment of a covenant or condition in a contract of tenancy to which the new Act applies. It should lie borne in mind, however, that this restriction of the landlord's right to penal rents ,under the new Act does not apply to any covenant or condition against breaking up permanent pas- ture, grubbing underwoods, or felling or damag- ing trees, etc. This alteration of the law appears just and reasorable, for while on the one and the recovery of no more than the actual damage suffered meets the case of the breach of ordinary covenants such as those relating to every-day cultivation and sale of produce; yet, on the other hand, where it is impossible to estimate the dam- age suffered by a breach of covenant not to break up rich pastures, a tenant was to break them up, it is only right and proper that he should bepenal- ised for doing so. However numerous the shortcomings of the new: Act may be, it is, in my humble opinion, a vast improvement on any previous Act of Parliament passed in the interest of farmers, and after seeing it at work, I must say that I consider it a very good Act for out-going tenants, and not at all a bad one for the other parties concerned, for it provides for the tenant a right to compensation he did not before possess, and that also with a very simple and inexpensive procedure, whilst in no particu lar does it give the landlord any further right to that which he already possessed, except, of course giving him certain statutory rights to things which he had a right to reserve, and which he always did reserve in the terms of his lease, but it does strengthen his hands to deal more effec- tively with bad farmers, in which addition to the landlord's power all true agriculturists will re- joice. As the Act is so comprehensive in its items of improvements, and as an arbitration under it can be extended to other improvements under both agreement and custom, and as its procedure is so simple and cheap (the Board of Agriculture doing the work of the solicitor gratis, should such as- sistance be necessary), and yet so powerful, and further, as the right to compensation under the combined Acts is one that the tenant cannot con- tract himself out of, I have no hesitation in pre- dicting that when once the general agricultural community will understand its friendly provisions better, the majority of "Tenant-right" claims will be recovered by the aid of its machinery, for an arbitration under it amounts in practice to no- thing more than an ordinary valuation between an in and an out-going tenant at the termination of the tatter's tenancy; whilst on the other hand the amount of compensation will be increased very materially on large holdings, and almost tenfold on small holdings, and that also without the least fear of the dreaded law suit being involved, whilst the security for payment of the amount awarded is equally if not more secure than if the proceed- ings had been legal proceedings. In concluding I may say that after oonducting several cases under it, and after seeing its prac- ticable application elsewhere, I have come to the conclusion that it affects tenant-right in such a way as to make it an enactment that should on the one hand be most welcomed by good farmers and broad-minded, generous landlords, who have a real interest in the welfare of their estates, and on the other hand be most dreaded by bad farmers and narrow-minded, selfish landlords, for it is an Act of Parliament which through its influence over tenant-right tends to improve the state and raise the standard of agriculture generally. The Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to the author for his able paper, a study of which would well repay the time devoted to it. Rev. J. Marsden seconded, and the motion was unanimously carried. Mr. D. Hinds, Cwnin, said that there were plenty of agents in the room to discuss the paper. As for himself, he did not care a rap for the Act, because he had fixity of tenure, and was not afraid of his landlord. Mr. Stephens, The Grove, said if he were to study the sixteen improvements referred to he would have no rent and taxes to pay, because he would have enough to do (laughter). Like Mr. Hinds he was not a landlord nor a tenant in a way, so he did not care for either. The paper was a good one, but a very long one for a farmer to study. The Rev. J. Marsden said they had heard that legislation, especially upon agricultural questions, was taken by slow steps in this country, but he had read a letter by Lord Helmslow recently who blamed them as well as other Chambers of Agri- culture throughout the country, for not support- ing him, or supporting the President of the Board, and that the steps would be much quicker if such support were given. The time of each session of Parliament in promoting anything in favour of agriculture could be counted by hours. He saw some were not satisfied with the present Act, and they could very well infer from what his lordship said it was their own fault. His advice was to organise, and they would thereby bring influence to bear upon Parliament and the Government. One thing he was quite certain of, there ought to be very much greater unity between tenant far- mers and freeholders and landlords, because their interests wero all the same. Generally it was a bad tenant who suspected his landlord, and it was a bad landlord who had no confidence in his ten- ants. There ought to be a strong pull, and a pull altogether, and he had no doubt they could ob- tain such Acts of Parliament as they could under- stand, as well as very much more in their favour than any Act that had been passed up to the pre- | j rtent time. In any case let them try with all their might to promote good feeling between landlord i and tenant, and between tenant and tenant also (hear, hear). There was a little jealousy between one tenant and another living in the same par- ish. A man who did very well would not move a e-t-ep towards informing or helping his neighbour. That ought not to be, because what wa» the in- terest of one, was the interest of all, not only in this great industry of agriculture, but in all other industries, and that reminded him that the other industries had been wide awake, and had been clamouring and knocking at the doors, of the House of Commons for their interests. If the farmers had been at the same sort of work they would have had far better legislation in their favour than they had had. They had had a dole in the shape of the Agrioultural Rates Act, but it was not nearly sufficient. The policy on the part of the towns and various trades and indus- tries in the country had been Throw as much of the burden as they possibly could upon the land and spare us (" Shame.") Mr. Jack Francis said this was a 80 bject in wnicn he was interested, as also were the farmers, who would begin talking about it when they got i outside flaughter). He, was, struck by one thing, which he thought was misunderstood by commun- ity at large. The Act was looked upon as if it were between tenant and landlord, whereas he thought, in the spirit, it was meant to be between tenant and tenant-that was between out-going and in-going tenants. They often heara. the out- going tenant was not satisfied, but it was the in- coming tenant who had to bear the brunt of the valuation. The landlord did not reap any bene- fit from the manure that lay in the land, but the in-going tenant did. Previous to 1850 one heard nothing of compensation to the farmer, but the tenant had been able to go on and work for some repayment for what he lay out. He pointed out that claims could now be made at any time up to the completion of the tenancy, and practically all points outstanding between landlord and tenant can be included in this arbitration. This concluded the discussion, and a vote of thanks was passed to Professor Williams for read- ing the paper. THE RAFFLE. Plough, Mr. W. W. Prosser, Capel Dewi. Har- row, Mr. J. Ll. Richards, Pantyrathro. Break- ing-in harness, Mr. R. R. Carver. Stook- Breed- ers' Journal for 12 months: Mr. D. J. Harries, Poiallwyne; Rev. J. Marsden, Llanllwch; Mr. J. Bowen, Penfforddlas; Mr. H. J. Jones, Pantglas. Hay knife: Mr. G. Carver, Wenallt; Mr. W. Jones, Rotten Pill; Mr. J. Rees, Trevaughan; Mr. Griffiths, Typicca; Mr. J. Jones Plas, Ferry- side and Mr. J. Rogers, Nantyci. Stable lamp: Mr. D. W. Lewis, Pentrewyn; Mr. Jack Francis, Myrtle Hill; Mr. T. S. Thomas, Danyrallt; Mr. J. Jones, Cwmoernant Dairy; Mr. D. Davies, Boks- burg Hall; and Mr. T. Davies, Abersannan. Spade: Mr. D. Hinds, Cwnin; Mr. W. Thomas, ironmonger, Hall Street, Carmarthen; Mr. S. H. Anthony, Penlan; Mr. W. P. Davies, •Cwmau- bach; Mr. J. Williams, ironmonger, Lammas Street; Mr. J. Carver. Trecadwgon. Shovel: Mr W. W. T. Prosser, Brynderwen; Mr. D. Jones, Market. Hall, Carmarthen; Mr. J. Phillips, Caer- lleon; Mr. J. Phillips, Llwynon; Mr. H. Davies, I Werndrefi; and Mr. E. Stephens, The Grove.

( MAYOR'S BANQUET AT LAUBHARNE. 1 Mr. John Jones, the mayor-elect of Laugharne, j m accordance with the custom of his redecessors)I: from time immemorial, invited the aldermen offi cials of the Corporation and a large number of friends to the Brown's iiotel on Monday i evening j of last week, where an elaborate and high-ckfcs dinner was in readiness excellently prepared and served out by host ana hostess Mr. and Mrs. David the catering reflecting the highest credit. The company numbered between 80 and 90, and included among othersMr. George, high con • included am Zn ;fr. who appeared in his robes of office; Dr. Evans, Mountain Ash etc. Full justice having been done to the good things prepared and the cloths removed, the Mayor CMr J. Jones) took the chair and proposed the first toast, that of the King and other members of the Royal family," which was received with musi- cal honours. I To the toast of the Bishops, clergy, Ja. nTd hmini- j sters of all denominations," the Rev. Thomas (vicar), Rev. J. Atterbury Thomas (curate), and the Rev. Atterbury Thomas, Wolverston, Pem- ¡ brokeshire, responded. The Portreeve then proposed The Army and Navy." [ Capt. Dempster, the first to rtspond, thanked the Portreeve for the invitation and the coupling of his name with this important toast. He (Mr. Dempster) had taken a little interest in the late Boer war—(cheers)—and felt proud of having done a little for his country. He felt proud to know that the children were taught 41the drill in schools now all over the country, which was a very proper thing to do. Mr. Byhurt, The Cliff, also responded, and said I that as an old Volunteer he thought that the best means of defence was loyalty. Every citizen should be taught to carry and use arms, and carry the flag to the front if needs be. Every Britisher, wherever he lived, would always sacrifice his life for the flag of his country, and he (Mr. Byhart) was glad to say that as a Britisher he was pre- pared at any time to go to the frontfor hiis coun- try (cheers). I Capt Jeremy preferred drinking punch at the Brown's Hotel than going to war either as a sol- dier or a sailor (laughter). Mr. W. Towers Smith felt proud of being pre- sent at a civic function of that kind, when peace reigned supreme. It was not the first time he had been invited to the mayor's banquet at Laugharne but it was his first attendance as a burgem- (cheers)—and that fact made him feel more at home as it were. After a comic song by Mr Leyshon, of Mountain Ash, The toast of "Sir Guydo de Bryan," the foun- der of the Laugharne Corporation, was proposed and received in silence. Alderman J .Richards then proposed the toast of the evening "The Portreeve," which was re- ceived with acclamation, the company singing, For he's a jolly good fellow." Mr. Jones, in responding, thanked Alderman Richards for the kind way he had proposed the toast, and the company for receiving it so en- thusiastically. He was no stronger to the Cor- poration, having been horn in the place, he felt a little- interest in it. He had the last two years experience as foreman, and now that the burgewm had honoured him with the highest position, that of portreeve of their ancient town, he would en- deavour to nphold the dignity of the office. Financially the Corporation was at present in a good position. His predecessor Alderman Rich- ards, left office with a substantial balance in hand, and he (Mr. Jones) would endeavour to spend that in the best possible manner for the good of the town (cheers). As they were aware, the Com- mon Walk was to take place this year, which meant an expenditure of about R10, and he would like to get the advice of the burgesses as to whether that amount could not be spent in a better manner. He again heartily thanked one and all for having placed him in the highest pos- sible position of his native town. Mr. J. Richards gave a capital rendering of the Farmer's Boy," as also did Dr. Evans, Moun- tain Ash, of Although I'm 72." The Mayor proposed the health of the Ex-mayor (Aid. J. Richards). In doing so he said that dur- ing the two years that he had worked with Mr. Richards in office he had always found him a straightforward colleague, and had at all times the good of the Corporation at heart (hear, hear). Alderman Richards, in responding, said that he felt that the happiest moment of the evening. He did not know that he was "a jolly good fellow" until he heard the company sing it so well. He had had two years as mayor, and had done his best, and as had been kindly said he was going out of office leaving the Corporation in a good financial position (cheers). He also felt proud of those who hadtrecently been added to the list of burgesses. There were among them gentlemen of influence and position, who had the means and the time wherewith they could, and no doubt would, be of invaluable service to the town. Mr. W. Towers Smith wished to thank Mr. Richards, the out-going Portreeve, for having made him (Air. Smith) a burgess, and hoped that all would now unite and support the present Port- reeve for the general good of the town (cheers). The next toast was The Aldermen." Mr. E. David, the first to respond, said that he had been portreeve five years in succession, dur- ing which time the Corporation was saved. Mr. B. R Thomas was in office when there was a heavy debt, and was consequently handicapped to make much improvement. Mr. T. Richards's experience of his term of office was How to get money. Now it was How to spend it." He suggested that the mar- ket place shoirid be improved. I Mr. T. Lewis felt honoured in being an alder- I man of Laugharne Corporation. He had been mayor three years, and had endeavoured, among other things, to improve the Corporation land, believing that that was the best way to benefit farmers and the Corporation. Mr. M. Williams had also had three years in office, and could point to the town clock as a monument of what was done during that time. Mr. J. Henry Thomas said he was the son and grandson of a burgess, of which he felt proud. A great deal had been said that evening about what could be done, and what each speaker had done. Mr. Williams said that the clock was a monument 1 of his term of office, but the question was who had to pay for the monument. He succeeded Mr Williams and found the monument not paid for, and no money to spend. Now Mr. Jones had the money at his disposal, and he felt sure that it would be spent to the best advantage. Mr. W. David feared that after the good speeches they had listened to he had nothing much to add. He might, however, say that there were many towns in England and Wales that envied their position in Laugharne, namely the I retention of their Corporation. Laugharne was the only place in the Kingdom to-day that had retained its charter. Continuing Mr. David said that the Town Hall was the proper place to discuss matters of the Corporation, and not at a banquet of that kind. Mr. Sam Evans suitably -responded to the toast of "Our Foreman." After a capital rendering of Champagne Charlie by Mr. S. George, The Mayor proposed "The Visitors," ooupling with it the names of Mr. J. George (high constable Aberdare), Mr. J D. Morse, Mr. R. Evans, C.C., Mr. J M. Kenedy (St. Clears), Dr. Evans (Moun- tain Ash). Mr. Wardell (The Cliff), and Mr. W. Lewis. Mr. J D. Morse thanked the Portreeve for the invitation to be present, and for coupling his name to the toast. He (Mr. Morse) although not a burgess, always had pleasure in doing all he could for the good of Laugharne. Mr. Wardell wished to thank the Portreeve sin- cerely for his hospitality that evening. He (the speaker) had only recently come to Laugharne, but intended staying—(cheers)—and he hoped that no one would be sorry for having invited him that evening. Mr. J. M. Kennedy, Excise officer. St. Clears, in thanking the Portreeve for inviting him that evening, said it was the second occasion he had had the pleasure of attending a mayor's banquet at Laugharne, a town and corporation which had an interesting history. He embraced the op- portunity of suggesting to those who in the future would aspire to the honourable position of port- reeve in the ancient town to emulate the hospi- tality of the worthy mayor with whom they had already become acquainted. It was needless to say how well they had enjoyed themselves. There was a spirit of friendliness prevailing at that social gathering which might well make even the stranger feel at home. There was a fulness of ceremony which gives such a. distinctive character to this pleasant re-union, but it is not that cere- mony which tends to make the stranger uncom- fortable. We have a moment or two ago paid our respects to the memory of the chivalrous noble- man, whose name shall endure so long as Laugh- arne endures, or may be for ever. I think he was not merely a great benefactor, he was also a shrewd judge of human nature. At the present day no less than in the past, nothing contributes more to friendship than a banquet such as we have participated in this evening. It is incon- ceivable that a man could be present here this evening and bestow feelings of enmity towards his fellows. No doubt, then, but the institution of this banquet by its founder was not merely an act of grace, but an act of good, sound policy in bringing into familiar companionship strenuous spirits of those troublous times. May I also gentlemen, tender our congratulations to our new mayor. He will, I am sure, occupy the position with credit to himself and benefit to the town. He knows as well as any man present the desir- ability of keeping the balance on the proper side of the book, and I feel certain that in this respect he will merit the applause which his predecessor has deservedly won. Indeed, gentlemen, I think nothing redounds more to the credit of Laugh- arne than the fact that through a long and un- broken succession of portreeves the legacy be- queathed to them should come down to you not merely intact but rather enhanced in value. I think you have full reason to be proud of this re- sult. In conclusion, gentlemen, I should like to say how glad I am that we have, so to speak, an infusion of new blood into the Corporation. This is only as it should be. Every inhabitant of Laugharne should do a citizens' part in fostering and promoting the welfare of the town. in keen- ing alive those historic functions which, so to speak, lift the town out of the ruck of the com- mon-place. Other toasts followed.

PEMBROKE (NOTES. I Great interest has been manifested in the municipal election here, a report of which will appear in our next issue. The usual monthly market was held on Monday in stormy weather. There was a large attendance of faxmers and buyers, and trade was fairly brisk. Prices ruled moderate. There has been quite an epidemic of measles at Burton 35 cases having occurred during the last 'JI'D?th. In consequence the non-provided school has been closed.

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