1908.] 



Official Circulars and Notices. 



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OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND NOTICES. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued the 

 following Circular, dated 20th November, 1908, to Local 

 Authorities as to the repayment of expenses 

 Repayment of un der the Small Holdings Acts :— 

 Expenses under the ' 



Small Holdings Acts. : am directed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to enclose herewith for the information of your 

 Council a copy of a Treasury Minute authorising the Board to repay one-half of the 

 expenses incurred by County Councils and the Councils of County Boroughs in 

 ascertaining the demand for small holdings. 



The Board would be obliged if you would forward to them a statement of the 

 expenses incurred by your Council up to the 31st March last so soon as the accounts 

 have been audited by the District or Borough Auditor. Full information should be 

 supplied as to the various items of expense in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 

 of the Treasury Minute. 



I am, &c. , 



T. H. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



Treasury Minute Dated the 19TH October, 1908. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer states to the Board that he has received repre- 

 sentations on behalf of County Councils asking for the repayment from public funds of 

 expenses incurred by County Councils and the Councils of County Boroughs in 

 ascertaining the demand for small holdings. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer refers to the Minute of the Board dated 

 31st December, 1907, relative to the payment cut of the Small Holdings Account of 

 one-half of any loss which may result from the carrying out by a local authority of 

 schemes under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1907, and recommends that, 

 subject to the limits and conditions stated below, one-half of the actual out-of-pocket 

 expenses shown to have been incurred by Councils between the date of the passing of 

 that Act, viz. 28th August, 1907, and the 31st March, 1910, in ascertaining the 

 demand for small holdings, should be recouped to the Councils out of moneys pro- 

 vided by Parliament. 



1. Any Council desiring to make a claim for such recoupment should make applica- 

 tion to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. The first claim should be in respect 

 of the expenditure, if any, incurred between the 28th August, 1907, and the 31st March, 

 1908, and the next in respect of expenditure incurred in the year ending 31st March,. 

 1909. 



2. Such claims should set out full details of the expenses in respect of which 

 recoupment is claimed ; and it must be shown to the satisfaction of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries that such expenses are entirely exclusive of : — 



[a) all expenses incurred in relation to the acquisition of land, the whole of which 

 are already repayable by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries under 

 Section 17 of the Act ; 



(/>) all expenses of managing the small holdings when established, which are 

 required by Section 18 of the Small Holdings Act, 1892, to be taken into 

 account in fixing the rents ; and 



{c) all expenses included in the calculation of any loss in respect of which a grant 

 has been or might be applied for under the terms of the Minute of this. 

 Board dated 31st December, 1907. 



