CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNCIL 347 



Cambridgeshire County Council Small 

 Holdings. 



The County Council was petitioned in 1894 by 

 a number of workmen from the parish of Comber- 

 ton, three miles from Cambridge. An inquiry was 

 held, at which sixty applicants for land appeared. 



A 36-acre field, adjacent to the road and just 

 outside the village, had previously been bought by 

 a gentleman interested in the small-holding ques- 

 tion with the idea of letting it to the village men. 



The County Council agreed to purchase 3l acres 

 of this ; the remaining land was let out in J-acre 

 allotments by the original purchaser. The price 

 paid for the land was 700, or about 22 an acre. 

 The legal charges added over 8 per cent, to this 

 price viz. : 



Conveyance and registration of title . . . 

 Counsel's fees for investigating title . . . 

 Land Registry's fees 

 Registration of titles of small holders 



=50 16 4 



In addition to this appear the following items of 



expense : 



s. d. 



Draining 62 17 1 



Professional charge for setting out the 



land and valuing the plots ... ... 7 17 6 



The compensation paid to the outgoing tenant 

 brought the total extra expense up to 176 9s. 2d. 



The land was originally divided into thirty lots, 

 of about 1 acre rood 3 poles. The plots near the 



