CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNCIL 347 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SMALL 

 HOLDINGS. 



The County Council was petitioned in 1894 by 

 a number of workmen from the parish of Comber- 

 ton, three miles from Cambridge. An inquiry was 

 held, at which sixty applicants for land appeared. 



A 36-acre field, adjacent to the road and just 

 outside the village, had previously been bought by 

 a gentleman interested in the small-holding ques- 

 tion with the idea of letting it to the village men. 



The County Council agreed to purchase 31 \ acres 

 of this ; the remaining land was let out in |-acre 

 allotments by the original purchaser. The price 

 paid for the land was 700, or about 22 an acre. 

 The legal charges added over 8 per cent, to this 



price viz. : 



s. d. 



Conveyance and registration of title ... 22 10 1 



Counsel's fees for investigating title ... 7 14 6 



Land Registry's fees ... ... ... 318 



Registration of titles of small holders 16 13 9 



50 16 4 



In addition to this appear the following items of 



expense : 



s. d. 



Draining 62 17 1 



Professional charge for setting out the 



land and valuing the plots ... ... 7 17 6 



The compensation paid to the outgoing tenant 

 brought the total extra expense up to 176 9s. 2d. 



The land was originally divided into thirty lots, 

 of about 1 acre rood 3 poles. The plots near the 



