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approved of by its President. The other way 

 I suggest is to take a greater advantage of 

 the Building Clause (8) under the Small 

 Holdings Act of 1908. This Act specifically 

 states that a holding may be anything from 

 one acre to fifty. The Act of 1892 stated 

 that not more than one house should be built 

 on a holding, but Section 8 of the 1908 Act 

 may be interpreted to mean that two or three 

 cottages might be built together on the same 

 plot, provided each tenant has a holding 

 adjacent to the building site. If this plan of 

 building a cottage with an acre of land close 

 to it were adopted in a great many rural 

 districts, not only would it go a great way 

 towards solving the rural housing question, but 

 also it would give the labourer at least one 

 acre, which would be an immense boon to him 

 in times of unemployment. Besides, and this 

 would appeal most of all to the ratepayers, 

 the accommodation rent for an acre of land 

 attached to a cottage should be high enough 

 to cover all charges on outlay. The clause 

 in the amended Small Holdings Act of 1908 

 giving powers to Parish Councils to build 

 cottages on allotments of one acre is excellent. 

 Unfortunately, though, no Parish Council have 



