and so as lives; and be dispunishable for waste such rent be reserved, as is required in the preceding section. 18. By the 8th section of this statute it is provided, that this act shall not extend to disable the Crown from making such leases, copies, or grants, as it might make under the statute 12 Will. III. for making leases or copies of offices, lands, or heredita ments, parcel of the duchy of Cornwall; " or to disable her Majesty, her heirs or successors, to makẹ any grant or restitution of any estate or estates thereafter to be forfeited, for any treason or felony whatsoever; or to disable her Majesty, her heirs or successors, to grant, demise, or assign any lands, tenements, or hereditaments which should be seised or taken into her or their hands upon any outlawry at the suit of her or their subjects, as had been usual; or any estate whatsoever which was or should be seised, extended, or taken in execution for any debt owing or to be due to the Crown, as she or they should think fit; or to make any grants or admittances which of right or custom ought to be made, of any copyhold lands, tenements, or hereditaments, parcel of any manor or manors of her Majesty, her heirs or successors." 14. By the statute 34 Geo. III. c. 75. the 6th section of the statute 1 Anne is repealed, and it is enacted, (sect. 3.) that where any Crown lands shall be deemed by the commissioners of the Treasury fit and proper for the erection of houses or other buildings, and where the lessees shall agree to erect buildings thereon of greater value than the land so to be leased, or where the greatest part of the yearly value of such tenements shall consist of buildings; it shall be lawful for the Crown to demise the land for 99 years or three lives, from the making of such lease; or if such lease be made in reversion, then that the estate granted, together with the estate in possession, shall not exceed 99 years or three lives : and so as the rents reserved be not less than two thirds of the reasonable rent for such buildings : and so as there be paid to the Crown a fine to the amount of the remaining part of such annual sum, subject to a discount, not to be computed at a higher rate than the highest rate of interest at the time: and when there shall happen to be no building upon the land to be demised, or that the buildings thereon shall be agreed to be rebuilt, or other new buildings to be erected, then there shall be reserved such annual rent as shall be deemed reasonable, without taking any fine and so as in every lease last aforesaid there be contained a covenant on the part of the lessee for erecting houses or other buildings thereon, and for keeping them in repair: and so as the rents be reserved free of all manner of taxes, during the whole of the term: except such rent as the Treasury shall think fit to be allowed, not exceeding the term of three years: and so as the lessees execute counterparts of such leases. 15. By the fourth section it is enacted, that on every grant or lease to be made by the Crown, (advowsons and such grounds with buildings thereon as are authorized to be granted for 99 years or three lives, and whereon any fine shall be payable, only excepted,) there shall be reserved such clear annual rents, as shall be deemed by the Treasury to be reasonable, without taking any fine; and such rent shall be payable during the whole term; and no such lease shall be good in law, unless the lessees execute a counterpart thereof. 16. By the 5th section it is enacted, that it shall not be lawful to renew any such lease for any term of years whatever, until within five years of the period of its expiration; except such tenements as are thereby authorized to be granted for 99 years; nor to renew any lease for 99 years, until within 20 years of the expiration of the same; nor any lease for lives, so long as there shall be more than one of such lives in being, except in the cases before mentioned. 17. By the 7th section it is provided, that where any wastes or commons, in which the Crown has any interest, shall be deemed fit to be inclosed, and shall be by authority of parliament, or otherwise, authorized to be inclosed; or where any lands, held under a lease from the Crown, shall be deemed by the treasury fit and expedient to be planted, and appropriated to the growth of timber, or any farm-house to be erected, or any pits to be sunk, for the work. ing of mines, quarries, or collieries; and where the term or estate in possession shall be deemed by the Treasury to be insufficient to repay the costs of such improvements; in every such case it shall be lawful to renew any such lease, or to grant any further lease, for any term or estate not exceeding the terms or estates authorized by the act of 1 Anne, or by this act. And where any houses or other buildings shall require, or shall be agreed to be rebuilt, it shall be lawful to grant any further lease of such houses or other buildings, for any term or estate not exceeding the terms or estates authorized by this act: provided such rents are reserved as are required by this act; and that covenants be inserted for erecting such new houses or buildings. 18. By the 8th section it is enacted, that before the making of any grant or lease, a survey of the premises, where the same shall be capable of such survey, and an estimate of the improved annual value thereof, shall he had and made by a practical surveyor, under the direction of the Treasury; who shall certify, by his report in writing under his hand, what is the true and fair improved annual value of the estate so surveyed and valued, and the true and fair annual value of the buildings, and the true state and condition of such buildings, and for what term of years it shall be most beneficial to grant such buildings or ground: and such survey and valuation shall be verified by the oath of such surveyor. 19. By the 9th section it is provided, that where any tenements shall be of a known fixed and unim. provable value; or where, from the nature of such tenements, the annual value thereof cannot be ascertained by means of a survey; or where the value of such tenements is small; a lease thereof may be renewed without a survey thereof. 20. By the statute 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 86., for the better preservation of timber in the New Forest, and for ascertaining the boundaries of the said forest, and of the lands of the Crown within the same, it is enacted by the 7th section, that if the commissioners shall find any land belonging to the Crown, which has been for 15 years inclosed and enjoyed without interruption, and which has been improved, they may grant a lease thereof for such term of years as shall appear to the commissioners a reasonable compensation for the expence of improvement. 21. By the 28th section it is enacted, that the commissioners may treat for the sale of small parcels of land, belonging to or claimed by the Crown, which are intermixed with the land of individuals, and are not valuable for the purpose of the forest; but such lands to be sold shall not exceed in any instance the value of 5001. perty. 22. By the statute 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 88. it is of the King's enacted, "That none of the provisions and restric- Private Protions contained in the acts of 1 Anne and 34 Geo. III. shall extend to any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, or other hereditaments, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, which had at any time theretofore been purchased by his Majesty, or should at any time thereafter be purchased by his Majesty, his heirs or successors, out of any monies issued and applied for the use of his or their privy purse; or with any other monies not appropriated to any public service; or to any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, or other hereditaments, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, which came to his Majesty, or may come to him, his heirs or successors, by the gift or devise of, or by descent or otherwise from, any of his, her, or their ancestors, or any other person or persons not being Kings or Queens of the realm; and that the same should operate to all intents and purposes as from the birth of his Majesty." 23. By the 4th section it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the King, his heirs and successors, from time to time, by any instrument under his and their royal sign manual, attested by two or more witnesses, at his and their free will and pleasure, to grant, sell, or give, all and every or any of the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments so purchased, or to be purchased, or which had or should come to his Majesty, his heirs or successors, as aforesaid, whether of freehold, or copyhold, or customary, or leasehold tenure, and whether conveyed or assured |