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acquired by all the County Councils in their first 

 eleven years, and has dealt with 202 persons against 

 their 228. 



Instead of sending round long-winded notices to 

 Local Authorities, or sticking them up on police- 

 stations, it inserts in the local papers the following 

 intelligible advertisement : 



* South Lincolnshire Small Holdings Association. 



* The above Association is prepared to receive applications 

 from persons residing in the several parishes in South Lincoln- 

 shire who are desirous of hiring small holdings up to 60 

 acres in extent, either with or without houses. 



'Forms of application will be sent on receipt of a post- 

 card addressed to the steward, Mr. J. H. Diggle, Moulton, 

 Spalding. All information will be treated as confidential. 



' R. Winfrey, 



' Chairman.'' 



The result of this has been over 2,000 applications 

 in a few months. 



Contrast with this the two applications apiece 

 from the notices of four County Councils. 



PRESENT POWERS OF LOCAL BODIES. 



Before considering suggestions for amended 

 legislation, it may be well to recall what powers 

 are actually possessed at the present time by the 

 various local bodies for the creation of holdings. 

 The following table shows that under certain con- 

 ditions it is possible for small holdings, as dis- 



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