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amongst the labourers. His idea was, by means of 

 such clubs, to organize the demand amongst the 

 labourers for allotments. The success of this enter- 

 prise was very marked. In 1887 there were 

 130 acres under allotment cultivation in nineteen 

 parishes round Spalding. In 1894 there were 

 1,324 acres ; and since the passing of the Local 

 Government Act of 1894 a further 1,000 acres have 

 been added. 



The petition from Spalding to the County 

 Council in 1894 emanated from the Spalding Allot- 

 ment Club. The Council subsequently purchased 

 a farm of 88 acres from Lord Carrington on the 

 terms shown in the table. A sum of 50 was 

 spent in repairs on the house and buildings, and 

 36 on hedging, ditching, and surveying. The 

 farmhouse, buildings, and 14 acres of land are let at 

 40 per annum. 



The remaining land is let in thirty holdings of 

 from 1^ to 3 acres at an average of 2 an acre. The 

 total yearly rent amounts to 143 19s. 8d. All the 

 land is let on a yearly tenancy. 



Freiston and Tydd are small villages in the 

 neighbourhood of Boston. 



At Freiston the 48 acres are divided into twenty- 

 five holdings of 1, 2, and 3 acres. The rent is from 

 50s. to 60s. an acre, the total amounting to 120. 



The cost of adaptation here was 20 Is. 2d., of 

 which surveying accounts for 7 lis. 2d., and new 

 gates, etc., for 12 10s. 



At Tydd there are fifteen holdings of from 1 to 



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