12 SPAIN - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



sultations, either verbal or by correspondence, as to agriculture and rural 

 industries; such service being looked upon as agricultural instruction or as 

 having a general character, and including lectures and short and practical 

 courses of instruction, etc. 



b) The association offers the free services of its expert, but the mem- 

 bers are responsible for his travelhng expenses and honoraria and for the 

 pajTnent of any assistants he may have. Under this provision, schemes 

 for farming are drawn up, the cost being limited to 25,000 pesetas ; lands 

 are valued, when they have already been surveyed, the cost being Hmited 

 to 5,000 pesetas ; buildings are valued where no survey or measuring is 

 necessary, the cost being limited to 5,000 pesetas ; and permanent improve- 

 ments are valued, as are the disposition of water with a view to irriga- 

 tion, enclosures, farming roads, etc., the cost being Hmited to 2,000 

 pesetas. 



c) For 33.33 per cent, of their total cost the association suppHes ser- 

 vices other than those which have been mentioned : it will thus survey 

 lands, make plans and undertake other business. 



According to the association's last report legal and technical advice 

 was given in eighty-six and in fifty-four cases, respectively, and there were 

 two thousand legal and as many technical verbal consultations. 



