254 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE, 1800— 1900 



The percentage of agricultiiral holdings owned or mainly owned 

 in 1910 was : — Above i and not exceeding 5 acres, 21.60 ; above 

 5 and not exceeding 50 acres, 15.67 ; above 50 and not exceeding 

 300 acres, 9.06 ; and above 300 acres, 10.47. The percentage of 

 total owned or mainly owned to total number of holdings was 13.26. 



In 1903 six applicants applied to the County Council for land 

 under section 4 (2) of the Small Holdings Act of 1892, and appeared 

 before a special committee at Milnthorpe — the application was to 

 rent from 4 to 15 acres of land each, but the County Council, on the 

 recommendation of the committee, decided not to put into operation 

 the provisions of the Act. 



Up to July, 1908, the County Council, on advertising for appli- 

 cations for land under the Small Holdings and Allotment Act of 1907, 

 received 34 applications, varying from i| to 50 acres with a total 

 area of 490 acres ; of these applicants, eight were found to be unsuit- 

 able, five withdrew their application, and nine were supplied with 

 land, three of these by landlords direct, four at Staveley with 25 acres, 

 one at Arnside with i8| acres, and one at Hutton Roof with 20^ acres. 

 Three declined to pay the rent charged, and there were nine applica- 

 tions still under consideration in February, 1909. 



