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represent a comparatively substantial item for persons 

 of limited means. Under the system adopted by the 

 Aylestone Society the outgoing tenant and the incoming 

 tenant first of all agree between themselves as to the 

 amount the latter shall pay the former by way of com- 

 pensation. They then jointly apply to the secretary for 

 the transfer of the tenancy. Should the proposed new 

 tenant be approved by the committee, the transfer is 

 granted, the transfer fee charged being at the rate of 

 3d. per 100 yards. Thus on a 400 yards plot the cost 

 of transfer from one tenant to another comes to is., 

 this amount including 6d. for a stamp. Should the 

 new tenant take over the share or shares of his 

 predecessor (though this is optional), he pays a further 

 is., including 6d. for a second stamp. Adding the 

 amount of compensation paid to the outgoing tenant, 

 the new-comer would, as a rule, not have to find more 

 than -i in order to acquire an allotment as a going 

 concern. 



Then the allotment holders, as tenants of the society, 

 have various advantages, such as water-supply, which 

 they would have to provide for themselves if they were 

 owners, and they secure protection against negligent 

 neighbours, who might tolerate such a growth of weeds 

 as would become a source of trouble to the holders of 

 adjoining plots. Each of the three ' fields ' controlled 

 by the society is under the direct supervision of a sub- 

 committee of the holders thereon, whose duty it is, 

 among other things, to report to the committee any 

 case of negligent cultivation ; and, inasmuch as one 

 or other of them will be paying frequent visits to the 

 allotments, the supervision thus exercised becomes a 

 daily one. Should the complaint be upheld by the 

 committee, the offender is fined 2s. 6d., and if the 

 offence is continued, he will be liable to a three months' 



