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Agricultural Secretary are to be obtained from the Parish 

 Council, must contain the information necessary in order 

 that a judgment may be formed of the petitioner's right 

 to be taken into consideration, and it must further be 

 accompanied by the papers of legitimation and the other 

 proofs which the petitioner is called upon to produce 

 (compare 2 and 3). It must further contain a state- 

 ment as to the approximate size of the lot and its situation, 

 as well as the price at which it may be bought ; and, if the 

 petitioner is not already the possessor of buildings, it must 

 be accompanied by plans for the erection of the necessary 

 buildings, and a statement as to the amount of capital he 

 considers necessary to the erection of such buildings, as 

 well as an estimate of the cost of the dead and live stock, 

 &c. The total sum that the property will cost the peti- 

 tioner {i.e. its loan-value to the Treasury) must only exceed 

 6500 kroner where the local values of land are exception- 

 ally high, and in no case must the sum exceed 8000 kroner. 

 The petition must be accompanied by a report from the 

 Parish Council as to whether the selected allotment is 

 suitable to its purpose, and whether the price demanded 

 for the same may be considered reasonable. 



The information received is first to be considered by 

 the Chairman of the Committee, who will cause it to be 

 supplemented by such further information as he may find 

 necessary. 



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The Committee is to go through the petitions sent in to 

 ascertain if the conditions mentioned in 2, 3, and 4 have 

 been fulfilled, and if the plans for buildings, &c, are satis- 

 factory. The Committee will make sure that the lot has 

 free access to the public roads and is advantageously 

 situated in this respect, and that there is a legally secured 

 access to water from some other place if there is not, or 

 will not be, a well on the allotment. 



The Committee will then survey the lot and see if it is 

 adapted to a houseman's holding, and if the price required 



