TITHE AND RENT.
On the question of tithe several questions are put by cor- respondents. All information can be got from the Ministry of Agriculture ; for though the pamphlet on the remission of tithe was withdrawn (partly at any rate from reasons of economy) a typewritten sheet is available, in which the essential fact is explained that if the tithe exceeds two-third: of the annual value of the lands (as assessed under Schedule 13) remission may be obtained. The County Court has almost universally rejected such claims, and the lawyers discouraged others because the Schedule B assessment of annual value is so framed as to bear no particular relation to the practical value. That the rent is at 5s. or less an acre and the tithe 6s. Gd. or more an acre provides no legal presumption that remission is obtainable.
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