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(c) That the County Council may relax the condition pro- 

 hibiting the erection of more than one dwelling-house on the 

 holding, if in their opinion such relaxation will tend to develop 

 the use of the holding for agricultural purposes. 



(d) That in cases where the small holder has paid all the 

 purchase money and wishes to use the holding for other than 

 agricultural purposes, County Councils should have power to 

 relax the necessity of the holding being offered for sale to the 

 person then entitled to the lands of which the holding formed 

 part, and then to the adjoining owner. 



(e) That in the event of a small holding provided by the 

 advance of public monies being required for public purposes, 

 the occupying owner should for a limited period be entitled 

 only to compensation for its value as a small holding. 



(/) That power should be given to County Councils to 

 acquire for small holdings purposes, grazing rights other than 

 those attached to any land acquired by a Council for sub- 

 division. 



(£-) That under the provisions of Part II. the proportion of 

 the purchase money advanced may, if the County Council think 

 fit, be increased from four-fifths to seven-eighths. 



(//) That the title of the County Council should be registered 

 with the Land Registry with a possessory title. That the scale 

 of payments for all legal work should be fixed, and the work 

 done by an officer of the County Council at the fees fixed. 



(2) That an annual inquiry be made by each County Council 

 Small Holdings Committee from the minor authorities within 

 the county, as to what land is occupied by small holders, 

 whether there is a demand for further land, and whether there 

 is any land available. 



(j) The Committee suggest that the attention of all County 

 Councils should be called to the duty of their Small Holdings 

 Committees to report as to why or why not the circumstances 

 of the county would justify the Council putting into operation 

 Part I. of the Act — the provision of small holdings ; that 

 petitions received under Section 5 (2) may be general and need 

 not refer to specific lands ; and that the inquiry ordered under 

 the same section and sub-section need not be a public or local 

 one. 



