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Demand for English Eggs. 



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If the allotment could be made part of the property of a man's 

 cottage the cottager would be more likely to cultivate it in his 

 spare time. Moreover, a home garden, besides helping to keep 

 the house healthy, would enable the wife and children to help in 

 it in many profitable ways, which cannot be done at a distance. 

 The Committee are strongly of opinion that where an allotment 

 field is shown to be inconvenient to the majority of allotment 

 holders the County Council should have full powers to make the 

 necessary exchange. 



The Committee strongly urge that the County Council should 

 be given compulsory powers to acquire land for both the above 

 purposes, i.e., allotments and small holdings. In order to avoid 

 any arbitrary treatment of a landlord by land being expropriated 

 inconveniently near to the demesne or to the serious detriment 

 of tenants occupying existing holdings, provision should be 

 made for appeal to a proper tribunal. The Committee suggest 

 that the Board of i\griculture would be the best body for the 

 purpose, and they recommend a simplification of the law for 

 acquiring land compulsorily and loans by the Treasury at the 

 lowest rate at which the Treasury can themselves borrow. 



The transfer of the administration of the Public Health and 

 Housing of the Working Classes Act from the Rural District 

 Councils to the County Councils is also recommended, the Rural 

 District Councils retaining the concurrent power to build under 

 Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and 

 there are also a number of recommendations directed to the 

 amendment of the Act, especially as regards sanitary adminis- 

 tration. 



In the course of last month the Board received a request from 

 a firm of produce agents, whose name can be obtained on appli- 

 cation, to be put into communication with 



Demand foP dealers in Eng-lish eo^sfs, or egg collectors,. 

 Eng'lish Eggs. ^ > ss ^ 



who could supply them with consignments 



of not less than five cases at a time for sale on commission. 



