368 FAILURE OF PETITIONS 



CONSIDERATION OF CASES WHERE 

 PETITIONS WERE PRESENTED, BUT 

 LAND NOT ACQUIRED. 



It has been mentioned that up to 1895 in twenty- 

 seven English counties petitions had been presented 

 without any land being acquired. It may be in- 

 structive to investigate the various reasons which 

 led to this result. 



In the return of 1895 abstracts are given of the 

 resolutions of the County Council on the petitions. 

 From this source the various reasons can be 

 tabulated as follows : 



No land available ... ... ... ... 6 



Councirs terms not accepted ... ... 5 



' Petitions withdrawn ' ... ... ... 10 



Private arrangements made possible ... 5 



Referred to other bodies ... ... ... 2 



Single applications not within the terms 



of the Act ... ... ... ... 5 



Available area too large ... ... ... 1 



No reply to circular asking for further 



particulars ... ... ... ... 1 



Land too high priced ... ... ... 3 



Committee decided that the petition was 



not presented in good faith and on 



reasonable grounds ... ... ... 5 



Requirements not sufficient to justify 



putting the Act into operation ... 2 



Committee reported adverse to the petition 1 

 Owners refused to entertain any advances, 



or made unreasonable conditions ... 13 



These reasons are * official.' It is probable that 

 there are many varied interpretations to be put 



