the Houfes and Buildings thereupon, as were included in the former Leafe, for any Term or Eftate (except for Life or Lives) not exceeding the Terms and Eftates authorized by the faid recited Act of the Thirty-fourth Year aforefaid, to be granted; provided that in every fach Leafe there be referved and made payable to His Majesty, His Heirs and Succeffors, fuch Rent as is by the faid last mentioned Act or this Act required to be referved, and that Covenants or Conditions be inferted therein on the Part of the refpective Grantees or Leffees for erecting fuch new Houfes or Buildings, or rebuilding fuch Houfes or Buildings, within a reasonable Time, to be in fuch Cafe limited and appointed for that Purpofe, and that fuch refpective Improvements fhall be of the requifite Value. XX. And be it further enacted, That where any new Edifice or Building fhall be erected or agreed to be erected on Ground belonging to the Crown, within the ordering and Survey of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, or of the faid Surveyor General aforefaid, or held under any Leafe from the Crown, for the Enlargement of, and to be united to and occupied with any Houfe or other Building held under any other Leafe from the Crown, it fhall be lawful to grant a new Leafe or Leafes for any Term not exceeding Ninety-nine Years, as well of the Ground on which fuch new Edifice or Building shall be erected or agreed to be erected, as of all or any Part of any other Tenements or Hereditaments contained in fuch Leafes; provided, that the greater Part of the yearly Value of the Tenements and Hereditaments fo to be granted fhall confift of the Buildings thereon, or of Ground fet apart and appropriated for building, or for neceffary Gardens, Yards, Curtilages, or other Appurtenances as aforefaid. XXI. And whereas the Restrictions contained in the faid recited Act of the Thirty-fourth Year of His prefent Majefty, as it now ftands, may be found inconvenient in refpect to the granting of Leafes of fome Kinds of Property now held under Leafe from the Crown, and which are of a fluctuating and uncertain Value;' Be it therefore enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury to grant and renew Leafes of the Profits of Agiftment of Forefts difafforefted, the Profits of Pre and Poft Fines arifing within the Principality of Wales and County Palatine of Cheller, thofe of Light-houfes on Beacons, and of Chains for mooring Ships, Tolls, Markets and Fairs, Tythes, Fisheries, Ferries, and other Articles of uncertain Produce, for fuch Term of Years not exceeding Thirty-one Years, and for fuch Fine or Fines, and under fuch Rent or other Refervations and Conditions as they shall from Time to Time think reafonable and expedient. XXII. And whereas in the faid recited Act of the Thirtyfourth Year of His prefent Majefty it was enacted and declared, That where any Waftes, Commons, or other uninclofed Lands or 'Grounds within the ordering and Survey aforefaid, in which His Maietty, His Heirs and Succeffors, has or fhall have any Intereft, 'fhall be deemed fit and proper to be divided, inclofed, drained, or otherwife improved, and fhall be by Authority of Parliament " or otherwife authorized and directed to be divided and inclosed, and where the Term or Elate in Poffeffion of and in the fame refpectively fhall be deemed by the Lord High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury to be infufficient to defray the Cofte Q 2 ⚫ and Where new Buildings are agreed to be erected on Duchy Land or Crown Land for Enlargement of exifting Houses, &c. under any Crown Leafe, new Leafes may be granted of the Whole. Treafury may uncertain in its and Charges of fuch Works and Improvements with reafonable • Profit and Advantage to the Parties making or caufing the fame to be made, or to their Reprefentatives or Affigns, in all and every 'fuch Cafe and Cafes it fhall be lawful to renew any fuch Leafe, or to grant any further or other Leafe of any fuch Lands or Grounds, or any Part thereof, for any Term or Eftate not exceeding the Terms or Eftates authorized to be granted of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments of fuch or the like Defcriptions, by the A& of the First Year of Queen Anne therein mentioned, or by the faid recited Act of the Thirty-fourth Year of His prefent Majefty aforefaid: And whereas it is expedient that fuch Power of Renewal fhould be extended to any other Lands comprised in the fame Leafe with fuch Waftes or other uninclofed Lands;' be it therefore further enacted, That whenever any Leafe fhall be renewed 34G.3.c.75. §7. under the faid recited Provifion, with refpect to any fuch Waftes, Commons, or other uninclofed Lands or Grounds, it fhall be lawful to renew the fame in like Manner and upon the fame Terms with refpect to any other Lands or Grounds comprized in the fame Leafe, comprized in the with fuch Waftes, Commons, or uninclofed Lands or Grounds. Power of to renew Leafes of Waltes, extended to any other Lands fame Leafe. 84G.3.c.73. §3. XXIII. And whereas by the faid recited Act of the Thirty'fourth Year aforefaid, certain Rules are laid down for the Refervation of Rent, in Cafes where there are fubftantial Buildings upon Ground to be demifed, or the Buildings thereupon fhall not require or be intended or agreed to be rebuilt, and alfo in Cafes where there are no fubftantial Buildings upon the Grounds to be demifed, or the Buildings thereupon require, or fhall be intended and agreed to be rebuilt, or other new Buildings erected upon fuch Land or Ground; but no Rule is laid down for Cafes where upon the Ground to be demifed there is fome fubftantial Building not required or intended or agreed to be rebuilt, and either fome other Building required or intended or agreed to be rebuilt, or fome new Building is propofed to be erected thereon;' be it therefore enacted, That in all Cafes where upon the Ground to be demifed there is fome fubftantial Building not required or intended or agreed to be rebuilt, and either fome other Building thereon requiring or intended or agreed to be rebuilt, or fome new Building is intended or agreed to be erected thereon, it fhall be lawful for the Lord High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury to direct what Rent shall be referved and paid annually, and whether any and what Fine fhall be other Houfes not taken upon fuch Demife, Regard being had to the Value of the Buildings on the Ground to be demifed not intended to be rebuilt, and the Proportion it bears to the Value of the whole Property intended to be demifed. Treafury fhall afcertain Reut, &c. where Houfes are to be rebuilt or newly erected on demifed Land, whereon are intended to be rebuilt. Treafury may referve Rent Only, without Fine, where old Buildings are fubftantial. XXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Lord High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury, when they fhall be of Opinion that the Solidity and Value of any old Houfe or Houfes to be demifed not required or intended to be rebuilt, is fuch as to be fufficient Security for the due Payment of the whole Annual Sum deemed by them to be a reasonable Confideration for fuch Building or Buildings and Ground held therewith respectively, for the Term and Eitate to be granted by and in' the fame, to direct that the Whole of fuch Confideration fhall be referved and taken in Rent only, without taking any Fine for the Lame. XXV. And whereas it is neceffary to veft a difcretionary Power in the Lord High Treasurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury, to determine the Rent upon Leafes of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments belonging to the Crown, within the ordering and Survey aforefaid, in certain Cafes not provided for by Law;' be it therefore enacted, That for and in refpect of any Leafe or Grant under the Great Seal, or the Seal of the Exchequer, of any Houfes or other Buildings which fhall be certified by Surveyors not to require rebuilding, and which fhall be of greater yearly Value than the Ground on which they are built, but which a Leffee may defire to pull down in order to erect other Houfes or Buildings of greater Value for his own Accommodation or Advantage, of Houfes or other Buildings which may have been damaged or deftroyed by Fire, or Ground on which fuch Buildings have been erected, and alfo of Houfes or other Buildings which fhall be only in part rebuilt, or to which new Buildings fhall be added, and alfo of Ground to be granted as Gardens, Yards, or Curtilages to Houfes already erected or to be erected, whether on Ground belonging to His Majefty, or to any other Proprietor, it fhall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury at their Discretion, to admit of the Confideration being paid, either in Rent only or in Rent and Fine; provided always, that where a Fine fhall be taken it fhall not exceed the Proportion of One Third Part of the net annual Value of the Premises, in respect of which the fame shall be paid, nor be computed at a higher Rate than the higheft legal Intereft. XXVI. And whereas the most ufual Mode of Refervation in Leafes of Mines, Collieries, Quarries, and other Mineral and Foffil 'Subftances, and that which is beft adapted to this Kind of Property, is a certain Share of the Ore or other Produce in Kind, or a Rent or Duty in Money payable on the Quantity raised;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful in Leafes under the Great Seal, or the Seal of the Exchequer, of Mines, Collieries, Quarries, and other Mineral and Foffil Subftances belonging to His Majefty, within the ordering and Survey aforefaid, inftead of any other annual Rent, to receive fuch Share of the Produce in Kind, or fuch Rent or Duty upon the Quantity or Value of fuch Produce, as the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any Three or more of them, fhall think proper. XXVII. And whereas His Majefty, in Right of His Crown, is Owner of the Soil of the Great Foreft of Brecknock in the County ' of Brecknock, and of the Mines, Minerals, and other Subftances within and under the fame, and is alfo entitled to the Herbage thereof, fubject to the Depafturage of Cattle of Occupiers of certain Lands within and adjacent to the faid Foreft, at annual, fixed, and cuftomary Payments: And whereas by reafon of fuch Depafturage of Cattle, and the Nature and Extent of the faid Foreft, and of the Soil, the Rights and Interests of His Majesty therein cannot 'be made productive in their prefent State, and it is therefore expedient that Power should be given to difpofe of the fame;' Be it therefore enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the faid Surveyor General for the Time being, to contract and agree with any Perfon or Perfons, or any Bodies Politick or Corporate, for the Sale of the Soil, Mines, or other Minerals, or other Subftances or Herbage, Difcretionery Power in afcertam either in Rent only, or partly in Rent and partly in Fine, in certain Cafes. In Lease of referve as Rent Duty upon the Rights and Foreft of be fold by Surveyor General with Approbation of the Treafury, under the Regulation of this Act as to Sale of Crown Lands. Chancellor, &c. or any other Rights or Interefts of His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, in the faid Foreft or any Part thereof, or in any Manner appertaining thereto or exifting within the fame, within the ordering and Survey aforefaid, at or for the best Prices or Confiderations in Money which the faid Surveyor General shall be able to procure for the fame, and which fhall be approved of by the Lord High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being; and the Purchase Monies to be paid for the fame fhall from Time to Time be paid into the Bank of England to the fame Account, and shall be invested in the Purchase of Stock of the fame Denominations, and the Stock fo purchased, and the Intereft and yearly Dividend arif ing therefrom, fhall be applied in the fame Manner, and fubject to the fame Regulations as are herein-before prefcribed with refpect to the Purchase Monies arifing from the Sales of Crown Lands hereinbefore authorized; and fuch Sales of any fuch Rights and Interefts in the faid Forest shall be made in the fame Manner and under the fame Regulations, and the Certificates and Receipts to be given fhall be in the fame Form mutatis mutandis as are herein-before directed with refpect to the Sales of Crown Lands; and from and immediately after the Enrolment of the faid Certificate and Receipt in the Office of the Auditor of the Land Revenue; and thenceforth for ever the refpective Purchafers, their Heirs, Succeffors, and Affigns, fhall be adjudged, deemed, and taken to be in the actual Seifin and Poffeffion of the Premifes fo by them refpectively purchased, and fhall hold the fame peaceably and quietly, freed and discharged of and from all Claims and Demands which can or may be made by His Majesty, His Heirs or Succeffors, or by any Perfon or Perfons lawfully claiming by Him or under Him or them, and of and from all Manner of Incun brances whatfoever, as fully and amply to all Intents and Purposes as His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, might or could have held or enjoyed the fame. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to the faid Chancellor and Council of the faid Duchy, or to the faid Surveyor General, that it would be for the Advantage of the Land Revenue of the Crown to exchange any Parcel or Parcels of Land belonging to His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, for any other Parcel or Parcels of Land of equal or nearly equal Value, belonging to any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, and fuch other Perfon or Perfons or Bodies fhall confent to fuch Exchange, it fhall be lawful for the Surveyor General of the faid Duchy and the faid Surveyor General to caufe the Value as well of the faid Parcel or Parcels of Land belonging to His Majefty, His Heirs or Succeffors, as of the faid Parcel or Parcels of Land propofed to be exchanged for fuch Land of His Majefty, to be afcertained by fome able and practical Surveyor of Land, who fhall annex to his Survey, Eftimate, or Valuation thereof, when com dleted, an Oath (or being of the People called Quakers, an Affir mation) taken and fubfcribed by him before any Juftice of the Peace or Magiftrate of the United Kingdom, who is refpectively hereby authorized to adminifter an Oath or Affirmation in that Behalf, the Tenor whereof fhall be as follows; that is to fay, A. B. do fwear [or, being a Quaker, do folemnly affirm] That the Survey or Account hereto annexed, was faithfully and im 'partially partially made by me; that the Value of the Property of the Crown, and of C. D. therein contained, is juftly eftimated therein, according to the beft of my Skill and Judgment; and that all the Par'ticulars ftated in the faid Survey or Account are true to the belt of 'my Knowledge and Belief.' Which Oath and Affirmation fo taken and fubfcribed, fhall be filed with the Survey and Eftimate in the Office of the faid Surveyor Ge neral, or of the Clerk of the Council of the faid Duchy, and the faid Surveyor General fhall report to the Lord High Treasurer or the Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the faid Surveyor General of the faid Duchy fhall report to the Chancellor and Council of the faid Duchy the Grounds of his Recommendation of the propofed Exchange, together with the faid Valuation of the refpective Parcels of Land; and if the Lord High Treasurer or the Commiffioners of the Treasury, or the Chancellor and Council of the faid Duchy, fhall, upon due Confideration had, approve of fuch Exchange taking place, they fhall authorize the faid Surveyor General, or the proper Officers of the faid Duchy, to carry the fame into effect, upon fuch Terms and Conditions as they fhall think fit, provided the fame fhall be affented to by the Perfon or Perfons, or Body with whom fuch Exchange is propofed to be made; and the faid Chancellor and Council, and the faid Surveyor General fhall thereupon cause the said Parcel or Parcels of Land belonging to His Majefty, to be conveyed to the faid Perfon or Perfons, or Bodies refpectively with whom the faid Exchange is propofed to be made, and fuch Perfon or Perfons, or Body, fhall at the fame Time convey to the faid Chancellor or Council, or to the faid Surveyor General, in Truft for and on the Behalf of His faid Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, in Right of His Crown, or in Right of His Duchy, the faid Parcel or Parcels of Land fo agreed to be given in Exchange for fuch Parcel or Parcels of Crown Land as aforefaid; and from and immediately after the Com. pletion of fuch Exchange, the faid Parcels of Land fo belonging to His Majefty, and given in Exchange as aforefaid, fhall veft in the Perfon or Perfons, or Body, to whom the fame is conveyed, for the fame Eftate or Intereft, and as fully and effectually as the faid Parcels of Land fo given in Exchange did before fuch Exchange; and the faid Parcels of Land fo conveyed in Exchange to His Majefty, fhall veft in His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, in Right of His Crown, or in Right of His Duchy, as fully and effectually, and be fubject to the fame Application as the faid Parcels of Land fo conveyed in Exchange to fuch Person or Perfons, or Body, was vefted in him before fuch Exchange. Treafury, &. may pay or Money accept for equalizing Exchange. XXIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the Chancellor of the faid Duchy, if they fhall think fit, to direct the Payment or Acceptance on Behalf of His Majefty of fuch Sum of Money, for equalizing any fuch Exchange, as fhall be agreed upon between the faid Chancellor and Council, or the faid Surveyor General and the faid Perfon or Perfons or Bodies with whom fuch Exchange is propofed to be made, and where any fuch Money is to be paid to any fuch Perfon or Persons or Body for fuch Purpose, fuch Money fhall be paid Application of out of the Land Revenue of the Crown, or out of the Revenues of Money received. the faid Duchy; and where any Money fhall be paid to His Majefty |