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THE ESTATES GAZETTE
February 18, 1899.
Messrs. Thomas Southerst and Joseph Ora-ig, estate agents, 26, Dale-street, Manchester, have dissolved partnership.
Mr. Albert E. Pridmore, F.S.I., of 2, Broad-street-buildings, E.C., has been elected chairman of the Music Committee of the City Corporation.
Messrs. J. Henshaw, A. H. Beard and A.
H.	Watts, auctioneers and public-house brokers, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, have dissolved partnership.
Mr. William G. Cooke, A.P.I.B.A., of Wal-brook, E.C., and Wimbledon, has been elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Mr. Frank Taylor, estate agent and valuer, Birmingham, has removed his offices from Ho.
I,	Cherry-street to Cecil-chambers, Ho. 39, Hewhall-street, in that city.
Mr. Gilbert Murray, F.S.I., who has resigned the agency of the Earl of Harrington’s estates, was recently entertained to a farewell dinner by the tenantry on the Gawsworth and Bosley Estates of Lord Harrington.
The death of Mrs. Parker, wife of Mr. E. T. Parker, the well-known Bristol auctioneer, which occurred on Sunday last, has evoked a widespread feeling of regret among the citizens of that port.
Mr. J. L. Crouch, P.A.S.I. (Messrs. Willis and Crouch), will read a paper on “ The Management and Valuation of Brickfields,” at the meeting of the Surveyors’ Institution on Monday next.
Mr. Thomas Dinwiddy, F.S.I., of Greenwich, has removed his London offices from Ho. 5, Whitehall, to Ho. 54, Parliament-street (Messrs. Grind'ley’s bank), the old building being about to be demolished for the new War Offices.
Mr. Arnold Inman, joint author with Mr. A. A. Hudson of the recently published manual on the “ Law of Light and Air,” has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to be an examiner of the Court.
Mr. Pitfc-Lewis, Q.C., will read a paper on “ The Temple ” at the next social gathering in connection with the Institute of Estate and House Agents, to be held at the Hotel de Florence, Bupert-street, W., on Wednesday evening next.
Mr. A. Burtenshaw, F.S.I., of Hailsham, has taken into partnership his son, Albert King Burtenshaw, P.A.S.I., who has been his assistant for the last eleven years. The tide of the firm will henceforth be A. Burtenshaw and Son.
Mr. E!. W. M. Corbett, F.S.I., agent to the Bute Estate, and Mr. D. T. Alexander (Messrs. Stephenson and Alexander) were present at the annual dinner of the Cardiff and South Wales and Monmouthshire Architects’ Society, last week.
Mr. E. Cowing, who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Gilbert Murray, F.S.I., as agent to the Earl of Harrington’s estates, was recently entertained to a farewell dinner by the tenants on the estate of Captain Sherbrooke, Oxton Hall, Nottingham, of which, for the past 24 years, he has been agent.
Mr. John T. Eeed, principal member of the firm of Vasey and Eeed, auctioneers, of South Shields, has been elected a member of the Town Council of that borough. In recording the fact a local paper observes that Mr. Eeed “ possesses excellent business qualifications, and will doubtless be a valuable acquisition to the corporate body.”
Mr. G. W. Potter, 22, High-street, Hampstead, has taken into partnership his son, Mr. Herbert George Potter, F.S.I., and the style of the firm will henceforth be G. W. and H. G. Potter. Hew offices, providing increased accommodation, have been taken at Ho. 28, Boslyn-hill, N-W., where the business of r.he firm will be carried on.
Mr. Hewman Ohennells, who has been connected with the profession in Hastings and St. Leonard’s for the last 16 years, and in his present offices in Havelock-road, Hastings, since 1893, has during the last few years been giving special attention to licensed properties. We have received one of his printed registers which, besides containing a selection of nearly 100 houses, has numerous items of special interest.
A DISCLAIMER.
To the Editor of the ESTATES GAZETTE.
Sir,—My attention has been drawn to the report in your issue of January 21, headed, “ House Property in the Borough : An Alleged Nuisance,” in which it is stated “Mr. Gover, one of the owners, was called,” etc.
Permit me to say that this does not refer to me nor any estates in my hands, and that I have no interest, either professionally or otherwise, in the property referred to.
Tours, etc.,
J.	E. GOVEE.
44, Great Dover-street, S.E.
8s. 8d., for £880; a plot of land in Marl-borough-avenue, Hull, containing about 360 square yards, at 3s. lOgd. per yard ; a plot of land in Westbourne-avenue, Hull, containing about 430 square yards, at 3s. 8d. per yard; a plot of land, south side of Princess-street, Withemsea, containing about 272 square yards, at 2s. Id. per yard; two residences, No. 43 and 45, Beverley-road, Hull, 1,259 square yards, for £2,010 ; a freehold residence, No. 6, Fountain-street, Anlaby-road, Hull, for £625 ; and a site in Church-lane, Hull, containing 366 yards, at 26s. per yard. The solicitors were Messrs. Leak, Till and Stephenson, Messrs. Jacobs and׳ Dixon, Messrs. Shackles and Dunkerley, Messrs. Andw. M. Jackson and Co., and Messrs. Iveson, West and׳ Austin, all of Hull.
Messrs. Boulton and Cooper recently offered for sale, at the Talbot Hotel, Malton, the Cawton Estate, in the Vale of Mowbray, comprising nearly 536 acres. The property realised £11,462. A freehold farm of 69 acres at Ack-lam-on-the-Wold, Yorks, was disposed of for £2,145.
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Agricultural Holdings Act,	1883.—
Notice to Quit.—A country beerhouse has some land attached to it (about 10 acres) ■and which is let with the licensed premises in one building; that is to say, the occupier makes his living partly from the beerhouse and partly from the products of the land, which is arable and pastoral. He pays a yearly rent for the property, and it may be assumed for the present purpose that it is held on a yearly tenancy, but there is no agreement either written or oral between the landlord and tenant. It is now desired to determine the tenancy, the tenant claims 12 months’ notice to quit under the Agricultural Holdings Act, whilst the landlord contends that, as the holding does not come within the definition of the Act, only a six months’ notice to quit is necessary. Who is right? I may say that the occupier is under a brewer, who let the property to him at less than its full annual rental, but a profit is made out of the sale of the beer, etc., which the tenant is bound to buy. The Agricultural Holdings Act requires a 12 months’ notice to quit, and states: ,“Nothing in this Act shall apply to a holding that is not either wholly agricultural or wholly pastoral, or in part agricultural and as to the residue pastoral, or in whole or in part cultivated a-s a market garden, or to any holding let to the tenant during his continuance in any office or employment held under his landlord.”—G. E. K.	[694]
It is difficult to gather from the above who is the tenant, the brewer or the occupier. My opinion coincides with the contention of the landlord. The beerhouse is the predominant element in the holding.—D. T. D.
Commission.—If A negotiated the letting he is entitled to charge therefor in addition to the commission for the sale of the stock. B is, on the facts stated, clearly entitled to a moiety of the latter commission. The words, “ divide commissions,” and “ ultimately accepted,” in the query are somewhat conflicting; and the question arises whether at the time the arrangement was effected it was understood the sharing of the commission should extend to the earnings from the letting. One may deduce from the query that when the arrangement was made between A and B it was not in their minds that the latter’s client intended taking the farm, if so, B would not be entitled to a share of the commission on letting.—D. T. D.
[695]
Landlord and Tenant.—I am much obliged to “Umpire”for ihe repotr. forwarded, which will be found in another part of this paper. With regard to comment, though the statement of the law contained in “ Umpire’s ” letter is perfectly correct, it seems clear that tbe County Court judge looked upon the circumstances of the case before him as peculiar, and “ Umpire ” will remember the maxim “ Ex facto oritur jus.”—Barrister.	[698]
Land-Tax.—In reply to ״ S. and S.,” land-tax is raised by an equal pound rate upon all the lands in tbe parish subject to the tax. UDless the sand pit has hitherto been treated as exempt or exonerated, either by reason ot presumptive evidence that the land formed at odg time part of an estate, whereon the tax had been redeemed, or had otherwise been exonerated, or either by failure to identify, I fail to see how it can be excluded from the present assessment. Moreover, mines and quarries are expressly declared ass ssable to land tax (88 Geo. HI., c. 5, ss. 4 and 24.) Bowidin's treatise is a standard work, and querist is advised to refer to Lord Usher’s awards on page 178,—D. T. D.	[696]
REPAIRS.—The tenant (in the question put by “A”) would be bound by the terms of the original lease as to repairs. He would, therefore, I think, be liable to do the inside tenantable re !airs, unless the landlord, by his acts of repairs, has waived the clause. The question also depends on the nature of what “ C. A. ’ terms the “ structural ” repairs in question.—BARRISTER.
[699]
Commission.—Tbe ease put by “Junior” is a complicated one, but I do not think that an action for commission would be successful under tbe cit cumstances. The owner seems all along to have said that he could not pay commission on the lower amount. A lawyer's letter t - the owner might have some effect in “drawing” the specific defence.—Barriste ,. [697]
Commission.—In answer to “ E. J. C.,” we do not remember any ease reported by us in which the passage
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is, perhaps, suffloient for our correspondent's purposes —ED. S. O.	[693]
house, Eosehery-road, Gaywood, let at £13, for £190 ; three similar freehold houses adjoining, all let at £13, for £190 each ; and a freehold cottage, Birdcage-walk, South Lynn, let at £5 4s., for £75. The solicitors were Messrs. Beloe and Beloe, and Messrs. Coulton and Son, of King’s Lynn.
OXFORDSHIRE.
On the 7th instant, at the Hawk and Partridge Inn, Bloxham, Messrs. Castle, Son and Booth sold two enclosures of arable land, Bar-ford-road, Bloxham, containing about 21 acres, let at £40, land tax £1 10s. 2d., for £775, and the timber for £20. The solicitors were Messrs. Stockton and Sons, Banbury.
SHROPSHIRE.
A most successful sale of public-houses wae held at Wellington, Salop, on Thursday, by Messrs. Barber and Son. The Falcon, situate at Oakengates, rented at £36 3s., was! sold to the Newport Brewery Company, for £900 ; the Pheasant, a beerhouse, situate at Wrockwar-dinewood, rented at £31, went to the Newport Brewery Company, for £1,625 ; the Victoria, with a beer and wine license, rented at £49, situate in Oakengates, after a most spirited competition, became the property of the Newport Brewery Company for £2,600 ; the fully-licensed inn and spirit vaults, called the Albion, situate at St. George’s, with a net rental of £48, was sold for £2,000 to Mr. John Clemson.
WARWICKSHIRE.
By auction¡, at the Grand Hotel, Colmore-row, Birmingham, on the 10th instant, Messrs. Hadley and Amphlet disposed of a dwelling house, No. 265, Burbury-street, Lozells, let at £25, and corner shop and dwelling house, No. 267, Burbury-street, let at £52 10s., for £810 ; five freehold Shops and dwelling houses, Nos. 307, 308, 309, 310 and 311, New John-street West, Hockley, and two dwelling houses adjoining, Nos. 165 and 166, Well-street, gross rental £152 14s., for £2,525 ; a residence, known as Clevewood, No. 31, Duchess-road, Edgbaston, estimated rental £50, ground rent £8 16s. 6d., for £550; and the freehold residence, known as the Firs, 88, Hamstead-road, Handsworth, let at £47, was sold privately before the sale for £1,000. The solicitors for the vendors were Messrs. Smith and Moss, Manchester, and Messrs. Harding and Goode, Birmingham.
At the Grand Hotel, Colmore-row, Birmingham, on the 13th inst., Messrs. Blyth and Stevens sold a long leasehold residence, known as Onega House, Ttafalgar-road, Moseley, with stabling, coach houses, gardens, etc., ground rent £12 9s. 2d., for £1,130; a long leasehold׳ residence, known as Clifton-villa, Sutton Coldfield, let at a rental of £30, ground rent £6 19s. 6d., for £540 ; two dwelling houses, called Beaconsfield-villas, Nos. 250 and 252, Strat-ford-road, gross rental £55, ground rent £15, for £565; and two freehold houses, Nos. 90 and 91, Tower-street, St. George’s, with six houses in the rear, gross rental £79 6s., foi £960. The solicitors were Messrs. Lane, Clut-terbuck and Tomlinson, Mr. A. L. Crockford, and Mr. Howard Gant, Birmingham.
On Wednesday, February 15, at the Sand well Hotel, West Bromwich, Messrs. Donne and Eaf-fety offered for sale 80 lots of freehold building land on׳ the Lvndon Estate, situated in Ten-score-street and Church-lane, West Bromwich. Only six lots were withdrawn, the total amount realised being £1,218.
YORKSHIRE.
On the 14th instant, at their Saleroom, High-street, Huddersfield, Messrs. Eddison, Taylor and Booth sold eight dwelling houses and a corner shop, Nos 16, 17 and 18, Brook-street, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, Batley-street, and 7 and 9, Church-lane, Moldgreen, with gardens, stables and yard, containing 978 square yards, lease 999 years, ground rent £7 9s., for £950 ; nine houses, numbered 102, 104 and 106, Church-lane, and 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, Wood-street, Moldgreen, with gardens, ׳etc., area 920 square yards, lease 999 years, ground rent £5 15s׳., for £985 ; seven houses, numbered 108, 110 and 112, Church-lane, and 2, 4, 6 and 8, Briggs’-terraee, Moldgreen, with gardens, etc., containing 590 square yards, lease 999 years, ground rent £4 18s. 4d., for £510 ; a dwelling house, As׳hbrow-road, Huddersfield, together with the garden, greenhouses, etc., with the whole of the plants and shrubs, consisting of 500 rose, fruit and other trees, for the business of a florist and market gardener, containing an area o׳f 190 square yards, lease 99 years from March 25, 1865, ground rent £1 11s8 .׳d., gardens being held on a yearly tenancy at a ground rent of £3 per annum, for £300 ; two semi-detached residences, 48 and 50, New Hey Eoad, Lindley, with the gardens, etc., attached, containing an area of 760 square yards, lease 999 years, apportioned ground rent £6 6s. 8d., for £1,120. The solicitors were Mr. E. Sykes and Messrs. Haigh and Son of Huddersfield, and Messrs. Burn and Berridge, London.
At the Mart, Imperial-chambers, Bowlalley-lane, Hull, on the 15th inst., Messrs. N. Easton and Son sold 17 houses, Holland-place, West Marsh-lane, New Holland, gross rental £104
PROVINCIAL
PROPERTY SALES
The Editor will feel obliged if Auctioneers and Agents will forward a copy of the particulars of sales in which they are interested MARKED with the prices realised, in order that an accurate record of dealings in Land and House Property may appear in this department. These must reach us by THURSDAY to ensure insertion in the current issue.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
At the White Hart Hotel, High Wycombe, o!n the 10th instant, Mr. C. H. Elsom sold two freehold cottages, Nos. 1 and 2, Laurarplace, High Wycombe, gross rental £20 16s., for £230 ; seven freehold cottages and gardens, known as Albert-cottages׳, Desborough-road, High Wycombe, let at £66 6s., for £760 ; two freehold houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Mendy-street, High Wycombe, with gardens׳, workshops, etc., gross rental £33 16s., for £480 ; a freehold family residence, known as No. 12, Easton-streeit, High Wycombe, with gardens, stabling, etc., and the freehold residence, No. 13, Easton-street, let at £32, for £2,000 ; and three villa residences, known! as Margam-villas, Desborough-road, gross rentals £54 12s., were withdrawn at £750. The solicitors were Messrs. Clarke and Son, and Mr. E. S. Wood, High Wycombe.
DEVONSHIRE.
On the 13th instant Mr. Thomas Martin sold by auction, at the Bude Hotel, Exeter, No. 12, Si veil-place, Heavitree, for £125; No. 23, Mansfield-road, Exeter, for £200, and No. 7, Smythen-street, Exeter, for £150 ; No. 63 and 64, Bartholomew-street, were withdrawn at £385 ; and Nos. 11 and 12, Preston-street, at £200. On the 14th instant, at the New London! Hotel, Exeter, Mr. Martin sold the freehold family residence known as Beech Hill, St. David’s, Exeter, for £3,500. Mr. H. M. James, of Exeter, was the solicitor concerned.
LANCASHIRE.
At the Albion Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester, on the 14th instant, Messrs. William Wilson and Son sold two shops, Nos. 2, 4 and 6a, Princess-street, Manchester, with offices, etc., ground rent £26 16s., for £12,650 ; two houses in Eyder’s-court, Bootle-street, Deansgate, for £320; and a property called Yew Tree Farm, G-crton, containing about 35 acres, for £4,420. The solicitors were Messrs. Grundy, Kershaw, Samson and Co., Manchester.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
At the Eed Lion Hotel, Boston, on the 14th inst., Messrs. J. G. Killingworth and Son sold a residence, Horncastle-road, Skirbeck, with garden, outbuildings, etc., for £510; a dwelling house, No. 14, Spilsby-road, Skirbeck, let at £15, was withdrawn at £210; a dwelling house, No. 15, Spilsby-road, let at £19 19s., was withdrawn at £360 ; a dwelling house, with shop, bakehouse, etc., and dwelling house adjoining, Nos. 3 and 4, Pump-square, Boston, gross rental £28 18s., withdrawn at £440; a dwelling house known as Gordon-villa, Tun-nard-street, Boston, let at £19, withdrawn at £270 ; four cottages, Nos. 14, 16, 18 and 20, Chapel-row, gross rental £29 18s., withdrawn at £180 ; a cottage, No. 18, St. George’s-lane, let at £6, sold for £105 ; two cottages, No. 26, St. George’s-lane, and No. 27, Swinn’s-pas-sage, Eosegarth-street, gross rental £12 15s. 8d., for £95; two cottages, Nos. 18 and 23, Pinfold-lane, gross rental £12, for £120 ; two cottages, Nos. 7 and 9, Pipe Office-lane, gross rental £12 11s. 4d., for £102 10s. ; two cottages, Nos. 11 and 13, Pipe Office-lane, gross rent £13 17s. 4d., for £135 ; two cottages, Nos. 15 and 17, Pipe Office-lane, gross rent £13 17s. 4d., for £120 ; a dwelling house and shop, and a cottage, Stickney, gross rent £10, withdrawn at £57 10s. ; a close of meadow land at Stickney, containing about one acre, let at £3, sold for £60; and a cottage at Little Steeping, let at £3, for £40. The solicitors concerned were Messrs. Waite, Marris and Pice, Boston.
On the 6th instant, at the Guildhall, Grantham, Messrs. Escritt and Barrell sold two dwelling houses, Nos. 11 and 12, Inner-street (one of which is occupied as a shop), gross rental £lb 10s., for £220 ; ׳three cottages, Nos. 25, 26 and 27, Portland-place, gross rental £18 4s., for £210 ; six stone-built and tiled cottages, known as Bridge-end-yard, Bridge-end-road, Spittle-gate, gross rental £20 16s., sold for £250; .12 £30 shares (£10 paid) in the Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company, at £23 7s. 6d. per share ; and two old shares׳ ■in the Grantham Gas Company, sold for £43. The solicitors were Messrs. E. A. White and Son, Grantham.
NORFOLK.
At the Globe Hotel, King’s Lynn, on the 9th instant, Messrs. Miles and Son sold a dwelling house, No. 14, Portland-street, King’s Lynn, for £640 ; a freehold dwelling house, No. 5, Albert-street, King’s Lynn, let at £14, for £310 ; five cottages, Whitening-yard, North-street, King’s Lynn, gross rental £35 2s., for £300 ; a freehold shop and dwelling house, No. 36, All Saints’-street, South Lynn, for £250 ; five £5 shares in the King’s Lynn and North Sea Fishery Company, Limited, for £9 ; a freehold