text:  "That the rents were not considered as too high we have not only the testimony of the freeholders themselves but of other _'competent persons ' employed by the registry association who before the claimant was placed on the register were obliged solemnly to swear in public court 'that the land was in most instances worth and that a solvent tenant could afford to pay for it_ DOUBLE THE RENT _imposed on the occupier by the landlord