1907.] Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. 285 



The tenant of a farm of 245 acres at Bromham in Wiltshire 

 found he was unable to continue his tenancy, and asked to 

 be released. As there was a demand for small holdings in 

 the locality, the farm was offered to the parish council for the 

 purpose, and they have taken it at a rent of £150, and have 

 sub-let it in small parcels. Nothing has yet been spent by 

 the Crown on equipment, but it is estimated that about £75 

 will be required for sub-division of fields. In the case also of 

 Woodlands Farm, at Northstead, near Scarborough, comprising 

 152 acres, the tenant was unable to continue, and the farm 

 was offered to and accepted by the local authority for future 

 development in small holdings. 



Another farm at Northstead has been let to the local authority 

 from Michaelmas next. This farm of 327 acres has been held 

 for twenty-one years by two clergymen who have sublet it 

 (partly in small holdings) at a profit. The tenancy has been 

 terminated by notice, and the land is to be let to the local 

 authority for small holdings on the condition that a profit 

 is not made out of the letting. 



A change of tenancy at Michaelmas next of a farm con- 

 taining 944 acres at Wingland, Lincolnshire, having become 

 necessary through the death of the tenant, 565 acres of it 

 has been taken towards satisfying a large demand for small 

 holdings which exists in the locality, and other Crown tenants 

 have agreed to give up land at Michaelmas for the same purpose. 



The Home Office has now issued a memorandum on the 

 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, which may be purchased 

 at any post office, price one halfpenny. 

 Workmen's Com- The memorandum states briefly and 

 pensation Act, 1906. in plain language the main provisions 

 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 

 1906 ; but it must not be taken as rendering unnecessary a 

 careful study of the provisions of the Act itself. 



Some of the principal points dealt with are given below. 

 Object of the Act. — The object of the Workmen's Com- 

 pensation Act, 1906, is to make some provision for employees 

 who through accident arising out of and in the course of their 

 employment are disabled from earning their ordinary wages, 

 or if the accident results in death, for any persons who are 



