36 THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



contract must be prepared for the purchase 

 or hire of the land, and this, with a report 

 by the Small Holdings Committee, must be 

 sent to the Board of Agriculture for their 

 provisional sanction. The report must con- 

 tain full details of the land, its rental and 

 rateable value, together with its purchase 

 price and the sums it is proposed to charge 

 for each holding. When the scheme has been 

 sanctioned it must be advertised, and then, 

 should there be no objections raised, it will 

 be confirmed, and the contract can be com- 

 pleted. Where it is proposed to purchase 

 land at a sale by auction, the land must be 

 valued, and the valuation, with a report 

 upon it, sent to the Board of Agriculture. 

 If both are regarded as satisfactory, the 

 Council will be authorised to bid up to a 

 sum named by the Board. 



Where Councils are unable to obtain land 

 for Small Holdings or Allotments, they have 

 the power to acquire it compulsorily. Having 

 selected the land which it is proposed to 

 acquire, they must obtain the sanction of 

 the Board to its acquisition, but it is important 

 to notice that a Council must, as far as 

 possible, avoid taking an undue or inconvenient 

 quantity of land from one owner or occupier; 



