757 incumbents in the twelve Welsh counties and Monmouth receive £186,595 gross tithe-rent charges from these thirteen counties. Average for each, gross £245, and in 1891, net £150. This income is exclusively from tithes.
CHAPTER XX.
TITHE ACT, 1891.
[54 Vict. Ch. VIII.]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
| Section. | |
| 1. | Liability of owner to pay tithe rentcharge, and modification of contracts with tenants. |
| 2. | Recovery of tithe rentcharge through County Court. |
| 3. | Rules. |
| 4. | Lands occupied rent free, etc. |
| 5. | Restrictions as to costs. |
| 6. | Rating of owner of tithe rentcharge. |
| 7. | Power of appeal. |
| 8. | Remission of tithe rentcharge when exceeding two-thirds annual value of land. |
| 9. | Definitions. |
| 10. | Commencement and application of Act and saving. |
| 11. | Repeal. |
| 12. | Extent of Act and short titles. |
| Schedule. |
Chapter VIII.
An Act to make better provision for the Recovery of Tithe Rentcharge in England and Wales.
[54 Vict. c. viii., 26th March, 1891.]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: