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sell their holdings. In one case the man had 

 repaid the Council 39 8s. 7d., and was allowed 

 by the Council to transfer it to another for 40. 



In the other case the holder of two lots who had 

 only repaid the Council 78 Is. 2d. was asking 

 200 for the disposal of these two lots to a man 

 who held an adjoining lot. The transferee, if this 

 were allowed, would therefore have to pay, in 

 addition to this 200, the sum of 233 15s. 4d. 

 with interest at 4 per cent, to the County Council 

 in thirty-four and a half years ; and the transferer 

 would make a profit of 121 18s. lOd. The 

 question also arose whether this man should be 

 allowed to sell to another small holder without 

 first giving other residents in the neighbourhood, 

 or the general public, a chance, as it would not do 

 for the lots to get in the hands of a few. On the 

 other hand, the Council did not wish to stop the 

 benefit arising to the adjoining holder. It was 

 decided that such cases must be judged on their 

 individual merits. This man was allowed to sell, 

 and went on to a 100-acre farm. 



In 1903 the Council purchased another 47 acres 

 at Perryfields, close to the Woodrow Farm already 

 purchased. The sum paid was 3,000, for which 

 the Local Government Board sanctioned a loan 

 at 3f per cent. The land is already let to allotment 

 tenants, and the lease does not expire till 1909. 

 At the expiration of the lease the Council propose 

 to let the land out in small holdings under the Act 

 of 1892. 



