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farming on a small scale ; this necessitates a con- 

 siderable amount of building, which, however, it 

 appears possible to provide by adaptation of existing 

 barns and yards. 



The New Tenants. 



The 916 acres are now let to seventy-five tenants ; 

 besides these, there are thirty allotment holders who 

 already hold a 14- acre field. This brings the total 

 number of men having a share in the 930 acres of 

 Crown land up to 105. Of these, thirteen hold 

 from 25 to 102 acres of land attached to the existing 

 houses and buildings ; twenty-six men living else- 

 where hold from 3 to 10 acres, and work their land 

 in connection with other occupations or other 

 land ; the remainder are merely allotment holders. 



Apportionment of Buildings. 



The buildings have been apportioned as follows : 

 One very large farm-house and a set of buildings 

 situated in the village has been taken by a success- 

 ful local farmer with 45 acres of the land. This 

 man had forty-nine head of cattle in his yards ; he 

 buys in young stock and sells them out fat. 



A large central block of buildings with four adja- 

 cent cottages, known as the Slade Farm, have been 

 divided amongst four men holding 35, 40, 55, and 

 75 acres of land respectively. The large barns have 

 been divided across with wooden partitions, so as 

 to form in each case stabling and a covered yard 



