80 THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



by the Council. Where registered associa- 

 tions are formed for the purpose of pro- 

 moting Small Holdings, they may be able 

 to acquire land from a County Council under 

 certain conditions. Details of these condi- 

 tions, together with information respecting 

 the formation of such associations, may be 

 obtained from the secretary of the Agricul- 

 tural Organisation Society, Dacre Street, 

 Westminster. 



Persons residing in rural parishes and 

 desiring an allotment, which may reach 

 Obtaining an five acrcs in extent, must 

 Allotment. apply to the Parish Council, or 



where no such Council exists, to the chairman 

 of the Parish Meeting. Where an applicant 

 resides in an urban district, however, he must 

 write to the clerk of the District Council or 

 to the Town Clerk, stating what he requires, 

 and especially noting any particular piece 

 of land which is available. An applicant 

 for an allotment can only rent the land; he 

 cannot buy it, nor sub-let it. Where a tenant 

 of an allotment has improved it, he is entitled 

 on giving it up to compensation for the im- 

 provements which are unexhausted. Land, 

 however, can only be let for allotments to 

 members of the labouring population, male 



