366 A WORKABLE ACT 



Satisfactory Results where the Under- 

 taking is Fostered with Local Know- 

 ledge and Sympathy. 



It will be noticed that out of the total 812 acres 

 acquired in Great Britain more than half this 

 amount is held by two Councils only viz. : Wor- 

 cestershire 240, and Lincolnshire 181 ; and these 

 two counties may be cited as the two most con- 

 spicuously successful, both in the administration of 

 the Act, and in the cultivation by the small 

 holders. 



The Act, therefore, when put into force is found 

 to be workable ; but it has only been of any 

 appreciable value in those cases where men on the 

 County Council have made this question a subject 

 of special consideration and care. 



The little that has been done by the other 

 County Councils is due to the temporary interest 

 either of an outsider or a member of the County 

 Council ; and where this interest has been removed 

 the cause makes no further advance. 



It has recently been pointed out that even on 

 the Holland (Lincoln) County Council, since the 

 balance of parties altered on the Council, no attempt 

 has been made to deal with further petitions, 



