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Commissioners, Old Jewry, London, E.C., for a period not exceeding fifty years, the 

 latter being the better course as the Council would probably be able to get the money 

 on more favourable terms. The rate of interest at present charged by the Commis- 

 sioners is 3§ per cent, for loans for a period not exceeding thirty years and 3f per cent, 

 for loans for a period between thirty and fifty years. 



By Section n of the Local Government Act, 1894, Parish Councils are not per- 

 mitted to raise for general expenses a sum exceeding the amount of a rate of 3^. in the 

 pound without the consent of the Parish Meeting, or of 6d. in the pound if such 

 consent is obtained, and the general expenses to which these limits apply include the 

 amount of any annual charge, whether of principal or interest in respect of any loan. 

 Any money borrowed by a Parish Council for the acquisition, improvement or adapta- 

 tion of land for allotments is not, however, to be reckoned as part of the debt of the 

 parish for the purpose of the limitation on borrowing under Section 12 of the Local 

 Government Act, 1894, which restricts the total outstanding loans of a Parish Council 

 to one half of the assessable value of the parish. 



With the consent of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries a Council may let 

 allotments to co-operative associations formed for the purpose of creating or promoting 

 the creation of allotments. The Board have drawn up rules which they will require 

 every association to adopt, and these rules and further particulars may be obtained 

 from the Secretary of the Agricultural Organisation Society, Dacre House, Dacre 

 Street, Westminster, London, S.W. 



Councils may make regulations dealing- with the terms and conditions on which 

 allotments will be let by the Council, subject to the confirmation of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, and draft model regulations have been prepared by the 

 Board. Councils should accordingly consider the advisability of making such regula- 

 tions, if they have not already done so, and should submit them to the Board for pro- 

 visional sanction prior to steps being taken to advertise them in accordance with the 

 provisions of Section 184 of the Public Health Act, 1875. 



A register showing particulars of the tenancy, acreage and rent of every allotment, 

 let or unlet, and separate accounts of receipts and expenditure under the Allotments 

 Acts are required to be kept by a Council. 



Common pasture may, if the Council consider desirable, be acquired by the 

 submission to the County Council of a scheme for its provision, the County Council 

 authorising the acquisition of the land in the same manner as if it were acquired for 

 allotments. A sufficient charge must be made for the use of the common pasture to 

 cover the cost of acquisition. 



The Acts also give power to a Council to acquire land or grazing rights for the 

 purpose of providing grazing rights to be attached to allotments provided by the 

 Council. 



Councils can acquire land for allotments outside their borough, district or parish. 

 If suitable land cannot be acquired by agreement, a Parish Council may represent the 

 case to the County Council who may, on behalf of the Parish Council, exercise 

 powers of compulsory acquisition under an Order of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries. No part of any holding of fifty acres or less can be compulsorily acquired. 

 Borough and Urban District Councils are themselves empowered to acquire land 

 compulsorily for allotments under an Order of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 

 Regulations dealing with the compulsory purchase and hiring of land have been 

 prepared by the Board and may be purchased, either directly or through any book- 

 seller, from Messrs. Wyman and Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, E.C., 

 price id. per copy, or post free, \\d. 



In many rural parishes there is land which was set out under Inclosure Awards to 

 be let as field garden allotments. If such land has been transferred to the Parish 

 Council under Section 6 (4) of the Local Government Act, 1894, Section 23 (2) of the 

 Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1907, enacts that the provisions of the Allotments 

 Acts as to management, letting, application of rents, &c, shall apply to it, and the 

 provisions of the Inclosure Act and Award are superseded. Such land may therefore 



