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the same plot they were to settle the matter amongst them- 

 selves. This plan worked admirably. It had advantages over 

 balloting inasmuch as it allowed friends to have plots adjoining 

 each other (and on the other hand two men who could not agree 

 could get away from each other) ; also a certain number of the 

 300 yard plots are directly at the rear of some of the 400 yard 

 ones, therefore the plan of distribution allowed a man, who so 

 wished, to buy a 400 yard plot for building purposes and have a 

 300 yard allotment immediately adjoining it. 



The demand for plots has exceeded the Committee's most 

 sanguine hopes. In fact, in the first instance they had reserved 

 a piece of land adjoining the permanent allotments for " cutting 

 up " in the future, but the demand has been such that they have 

 already divided part of this reserve piece. 



The question may be asked ' ' What will happen to the Associa- 

 tion when they have satisfied the demand for permanent allot- 

 ments'? " I asked them this question and briefly the answer 

 was that they have in mind a scheme for supplying their mem- 

 bers and the general public with all allotment requisites — seeds, 

 " seed " potatoes, fertilisers, etc., — in short, becoming a general 

 allotment trading concern. If the Association does not attempt 

 something on these lines, it must either spread its efforts over a 

 continually widening area, or wind up, as one cannot continue 

 indefinitely supplying permanent allotments to a small section 

 of the community. 



The successful launching of the whole scheme is due to the 

 untiring energy of the Chairman, Secretary and Committee. I 

 am sure that those who now, and in the future, become owners 

 of permanent allotments through the instrumentality of this 

 Association, will never appreciate to the full the amount of time 

 and labour these officials have given ; also the great responsibility 

 they have taken with the sole public-spirited aim of benefiting 

 the allotment-holder by solving the vexed question of security 

 of tenure. - 



