CHAPTER III 



SYNOPSIS OF PURCHASE OF LAND 

 (ENGLAND AND WALES) BILL, 1905 



PART II 

 PEASANT PROPRIETARY 



Part II. of the Bill enables the Board of Agricul- 

 ture to purchase any land which they may deem 

 suitable for the purpose of providing holdings for per- 

 sons who desire to buy and who will themselves 

 cultivate the holdings. 



Everv such holding- shall be not less than three 

 acres and not more than one hundred acres in extent. 



The Board may adapt any land they may acquire 

 for the purpose of these small holdings by dividing it 

 and doing what is necessary to make each holding 

 complete in itself, the cost of such adaptation to be 

 equitably apportioned among the several holdings. 



The Board may erect on each holding a dwelling- 

 house and such other buildings as may be desirable 

 for the due occupation of the holding, or if thought 

 preferable they may advance sums to the purchaser to 

 enable him to do the work himself, such sums to be 

 included in the purchase price of the holding. 



The Board may advance any money not exceeding 

 nine-tenths, or, if they think fit in suitable cases, up to 

 the whole of the cost, to a purchaser of a small holding 



