AMENDED LEGISLATION 389 



power in any case (by an amendment of the Small 

 Holdings Act, 1892) 



(a) Compulsorily to purchase land for small 



holdings, or to hire it where desirable ; 



(b) To let, as well as sell, holdings up to 



50 acres. 



3. A permanent body of Small Holdings Com- 

 missioners with power- 

 fa) To facilitate the working of the Allot- 

 ments, Small Holdings, and Housing 

 Acts in rural districts ; 



(b) To administer grants made from the Con- 



solidated Fund (which would bring their 

 work under the review of Parliament) ; 



(c) To purchase or hire land in the same 



manner as the County Councils, and to 

 develop it themselves or leave it to 

 Local Authorities for local management ; 



(d) To act as a court of appeal in the event of 



the County Council failing to take action. 



Copies of these were sent to Parliamentary 

 candidates of all parties previous to the General 

 Election, with the request that they should give 

 them their support. A large number of candidates, 

 including seventy members of the new House of 

 Commons, gave satisfactory assurances on all 

 points. 



