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BELBROUGHTON 



The total 180 acres held by the Council averages 

 l 14s. an acre rent. The tenants pay from 

 l 10s. to 3 6s., the latter high figure being due 

 to the fact that one lot of 15 acres is sublet to the 

 Council for 3 by a tenant farmer, who himself 

 only pays l 10s. for it. It was, however, the 

 only means of getting any land. Some of the men 

 holding these expensive lots have other lots at 

 l 10s., which brings the average of their total 

 rent down to a more possible figure. 



The chief items of expense which have to be 

 paid for out of the difference between the rent 

 paid to the landlord and that received from the 

 tenants seem to be compensation (in the first 

 instance) and fencing. 



95 has been spent in compensation and lawyer's 

 bills on the five farms. During the nine years 

 which the Council has held the farm of 105 acres 



