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moting mutual benefit, much bertter than the present numerous restrictions, many of which are become obsolete, and only serve to impede the tenant in his improvements, without producing any good to the landlord in possession, or reversion.

As to leases on lives, they have a direct contrary effect, accord-

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to the Lessors they are held under. Those under collegiate,

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ecclesiastical, and corporate bodies, are unquestionably the most beneſicial to society of any leases whatever; because, as the Lessors have only a life interest themselves in the estate, a life no sooner drops, than they are ready to fill it up, in favour of the lesses, who by this means, preserves a permanent interest; which is the greatest encouragement an occupier of land can have; and as

many of these estates are small, they are the best barri

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the destructive practice too prevalent now, of monopolizing land, and adding farm to farm.

Such leases on lives as are held under lay-lords, it must be al- lowed, have a very baneful tendency; for as the lord has the per-

generally refuses to grant renewals, unless

petuity, or the fee, he upon heavy fines; his object being to let the estate revert; by which means the tenant is cut off, from all hopes of preserving a permanent interest in it; and he therefore pillages it all he can, and too often suffers the buildings to be in a state of dilapida-

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