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Miscellaneous- 



the advantages of those sections, but the 

 other special privileges of the Friendly 

 Societies' Act, 1896, are not extended 

 to either. 



Assistance of County Councils %n the 

 Formation of Credit Banks .—The posi- 

 tion as regards the formation of credit 

 banks has been somewhat modified by 

 the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 

 1907, which authorizes a county couucil 

 to promote the formation oi extension of 

 co-operative societies having for their 

 object the provision oi the profitable 

 working of small holdings or allotments, 

 and under this definition societies for 

 the purpose of credit banking are speci- 

 fically included. The county council, 

 with the consent of, and subject to, 

 regulations made by the Local Govern- 

 ment Board, may assist such societies 

 by making grants or advances, or may 

 guarantee advances made to the society 

 upon such terms and conditions as the 

 Council may think fit. 



Number of existing Societies.— Only a 

 few of these societies exist in England 

 at present, but they appear to be doing 

 a useful work among small cultivators, 

 village tradesmen, allotment holders and 

 the rural labouring classes. 



According to the Report of the Chief 

 Registrar of Friendly Societies for 1906 

 (Part A, Appendix N, Sections I-IX), 

 the following twelve societies were regis- 

 tered in England on the 31st December, 

 1905. The Muskham Credit Society, 

 which was registered in 1904, was dis- 

 solved in 1906 :— . 





te of 



tablish- 



ent. 



mher 

 of 



imbers. 



-4-3 









9 ° a 



Cambridge— 







£ 



Cottenham Agricultural Credit 









Society 



1896 



20 



11 



Hampshire — 









Hedge End Agricnltui al Credit 









Society . . 



189G 



32 



219 



Bedford— 









Clophill Credit Society 



1900 



16 





Liucolnshire — 









tfpalding and District Credit 









Society 



1904 



98 



203 



FriskDey Credit Society 



1904 



27 



12 



Scawby Agricultural Credit 









Society 



1891 



28 



42 



Norfolk — 









Wbissonaett Small Holders 









Credit Society 



1905 



18 



26 



Wiggenball Agricultuial Credit 







Society .., 



If 96 



46 





Suffolk— 









Laxfield Agricultural Credit 









fcjociety 



1894 



10 



10 



Warwick— 







Grandborough Village Bank- 



1895 



7 



105 



Worcester — 









Far Forest and District Credit 









Society 



1903 



11 



50 



Castle Morton Agricultural 









Credit Society ... 



1895 



19 



1 



Some account of the operations of 

 these societies will be found in the pub- 

 lications of the Agricultural Organi- 

 sation Society. The Wiggenhall Agri- 

 cultural Credit Society, for example, is 

 described in the Society's Journal for 

 March, 1908. This society, which has 

 been in existence twelve years, was 

 established with the assistance of a local 

 landowner, who provided part of its 

 first capital by placing the sum of £50 

 on deposit. It also raised capital by 

 taking deposits of Is. and upwards from 

 members to bear interest at 4 per cent, 

 up to £20, and at 3 per cent, when over 

 that amount. In December, 1906, the 

 funds of the society amounted to £138, 

 of which about £68 were deposits, while 

 the outstanding loans amounted to £114. 

 The purposes for which loans have been 

 granted are buying horses and ponies 

 for tradesmen and small holders, buying 

 live stock, manure, seeds, repairing green 

 houses, &c. One member has been able 

 to make a small holding with the assist- 

 ance of a loan from the society, together 

 with his deposits over a number of years. 

 The present membership is 47. 



Another society at Friskney ad- 

 vanced money in ll>05 to the amount of 

 £97 for such purposes as the purchase of 

 a cow and a pig, of implements on the 

 borrower taking a larger holding, and 

 to assist a man who was purchasing his 

 holding. The Hedge End Credit Society 

 granted loans amounting to £180 for the 

 purchase of seeds and manure. None of 

 the societies appear to have suffered any 

 losses. 



Societies with Limited Liability. — 

 Where the principle of unlimited liabil- 

 ity is felt to be unsuitable, or unneces- 

 sary for the purpose of raising capital, a 

 society " for carrying on the business of 

 banking" with limited liability can be 

 established under the Industrial and 

 Provident Societies' Act, 1893. The share 

 capital must be transferable and not 

 withdrawable, and no member can have 

 any interest in shares exceeding £200. 

 Application for registration must be 

 made on a special form to the Chief 

 Registrar of Friendly Societies, 28, 

 Abingdon Street, S.W., and the fee is 

 £5 unless the society adopt certain model 

 rules. 



THE TREATMENT OF WEEDS IN 

 PERMANENT CROPS. 



By F. A. Stockdale. 



(From the Journal of the Board of Agri- 

 culture of British Guiana, Vol. II,, No. 4, 

 April, 1909.) 

 What is the most economic treatment 

 of weeds in plantations of such crops as 

 cacao, coffee, oranges, limes, or rubber ? 



