In 1886 an Act was passed (49 & 50 Vict. c. liv.) in the preamble of which it is stated that the extraordinary rent-charge levied under previous Acts, is an impediment to agriculture, and therefore the Act should have been limited, and power given to redeem the same. It is enacted that after the passing of this Act, no extraordinary charge shall be made or levied under the Tithe Commutation Acts on any hop ground, orchard, fruit plantation, or market-garden newly cultivated as such. The Land Commissioners are authorized to fix the capital value of the extraordinary charge payable on each farm or parcel of land at the date of the passing of the Act. The third section indicates the manner in which the capital value is to be ascertained. Such land is to be charged with the payment of an annual rent-charge equal to four per centum on the capitalized value of the extraordinary charge, in lieu of the extraordinary charge. This rent-charge shall be payable half-yearly on the days on which the extraordinary charge was made payable. Arrears of rent-charge are to be recovered in one of the High Courts of Justice, or a County Court, “or in the same way that rent charge in lieu of ordinary tithe is recoverable, and subject to like conditions, or by entry upon and perception of the rents and profits of the land subject to such rent-charge.” The rent-charge is not to be subject to any parochial, county or other rate, charge, or assessment. The rent-charge may be redeemed by the owner or other person interested in any land, subject to an extraordinary charge or rent-charge substituted therefor. The redemption money is to be paid to the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, to be applied for the benefit of the incumbent, if the owner be the incumbent of a benefice. Provision is made for the redemption of the rent-charge in other cases of ownership. If the tenant had contracted, before the passing of the Act, to pay the extraordinary rent-charge to the owner, he shall do so no longer, but pay to his landlord during his tenancy the rent-charge substituted for the extraordinary charge. The landlord is then made liable for the payment of the rent-charge to the owner, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary which the tenant had made with his landlord. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are empowered to adjust the fixed charges made before the passing of the Act, on the income of benefices in receipt of extraordinary tithes in favour of other benefices, or of district churches or chapelries within the parishes of which the incumbents are in receipt of extraordinary tithes.