LAND HOLDING 



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In 1873 the number of garden allotments under one acre, detached 

 from cottages or other houses, was given in the returns, the number 

 for Westmorland being 52 with an area of 6 acres, in 1886 the number 

 was 295, and in 1890 the number of such allotments had risen to 950. 



Returns of Agricultural Holdings were made in 1S75, 1880, 1885, 

 and 1890, of which the following is a summary relating to Westmor- 

 land : — 



A special report was made of allotments and small holdings by 

 the Board of Agriculture and the Inland Revenue Department in 

 1890, that relating to Westmorland is contained in the following page. 



* Holdings of exactly one acre were included in the Returns made prior to 1895. 

 t Holdings above 50 acres were not enumerated in 1890. 



