MR. FARQUHARSON (Dorset, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will insert a clause in 64 the Tithes Bill now before Parliament, providing that when a Receiver is appointed the tithe owner shall become responsible for the proper cultivation of the lands whence the tithe so sought to be recovered is due; for the maintenance in proper repair of all building's, gates, fences, and watercourses; and, if required, take over the occupation of the lands from the occupier, making to him such payments as are provided for under the Agricultural Holdings Acts, and as are by the custom of the country made by an incoming to an outgoing tenant?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.The Receiver, if appointed, will be in the position of a Receiver under the ordinary law, under which, subject to the orders of the Court, he manages land in the same way as if he were the landlord, and arranges for letting it to persons who will cultivate it properly. If buildings, gates, fences, and watercourses require to be maintained, the Court will be entitled to obtain from the Receiver the same payments under the Agricultural Holdings Act, or under the custom of the country, as if the Receiver were an ordinary landlord. It will, therefore, be quite unnecessary to insert a clause making provision for these matters.