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smtable means for dealing with State grants for 

 agricultural housing. A society's Board of Manage- 

 ment would always include the Chairman of the 

 Council and the Clerk (ex-offlcio). Of the remaining 

 five members two could be nominated by the Board 

 of Agriculture through the local Small Holdings Com- 

 missioner, and two by the County Council, while the 

 fifth could be co-opted. This would constitute a 

 fully representative and responsible body. 



If the policy of enabhng the Local Authorities to 

 co-operate mth Pubhc Utility Societies be once 

 adopted, it will be possible to form the latter very 

 speedily and economically. Suitable model rules exist, 

 and registration could be carried through in a fort- 

 night, and a society be registered, fully equipped with 

 seal, books, etc., for from £6 to £10. A central body 

 could undertake this work and cover the country quite 

 rapidly. Local Authorities could become the eventual 

 owners of the cottages as trustees for the community. 



If a Local Authority were to purchase the land and 

 lease it to a Public Utility Society at a ground rent 

 which would cover the interest of the money bor- 

 rowed for the purchase, it should prove the best 

 method both for immediate and future requirements. 



While Parliament would settle the number of cot- 

 tages to be built for the whole country, it may be 

 suggested that the Local Government Board would 

 aUot the number of cottages which should be built 

 in each county, referring to the County Councils the 

 decision as to the number for the various Local 

 Authorities' areas in their respective counties, while 

 each Local Authority, in consultation with a Small 



