280 EDITORIAL NOTES. [Sept. 



Peasant PEorpjETORSHiP declined. — In August, thirty-eight 

 small lots of agricultural land were offered for sale at Copford, near 

 Colchester, in Essex. The land was tithe free, with land-tax 

 redeemed, and the terms were easy — 20 per cent, of the money to 

 be deposited, and the balance paid off in instalments extending over 

 ten years. jSI'o offerers came forward, not a single lot was sold. 



The Industrial Village Movement. — The London Society of 

 which the Eev. Henry Solly is chairman, aims to spread information 

 as to sites and industrial opportunities for well-ordered villages, with 

 cottages of three or four rooms each having a small plot of land 

 attached in 'pcrpduo, with suitable provisions by belts of arable and 

 pasture land from growing into towns. Limited space prevents an 

 extended discussion of this proposal to turn the city into the 

 country, of converting squalid St. Giles into rose-covered hamlets in 

 Devonshire. We have elsewhere shown that the proximity of such 

 subsidiary manufacturing centres is one of the most important 

 factors in any large scheme of profitable sylviculture to afford, as at 

 Netherby, a near outlet for cuttings and other bye-products. Any 

 extended topographical distribution of the country for the purposes 

 of reafforestation must include the creation of such new villages. 

 This movement then should possess more or less interest for 

 foresters. 



Lord Tollemache's Estate Management. — On these extensive 

 ■domains in Cheshire and Suffolk extending to about 33,000 acres, 

 there are 250 cottages each with three acres attached, so that the 

 occupant may keep a cow. There are also fifty-one farms averaging 

 25 acres, some of which are in the hands of carpenters, blacksmiths, 

 and other artisans residing on the property. There are besides fifty 

 houses built by other resident tradesmen on ninety-nine years' leases. 

 This admixture of large and small holdings yields the happiest 

 results. 



Tynemoutil — On Tuesday, August 11th, his Grace the Duke of 

 Northumberland formally opened with a silver key handed him by 

 the Mayor of this thriving northern borough, the park which he 

 has generously presented for public use. His Grace crowned 

 the proceedings by planting what will hereafter be known as " the 



