666 Repayments under Small Holdings Act. [nov., 



and other works affecting communications, and the erection of large 

 engineering works and other buildings of importance, without waiting 

 for the next general revision to take place. The Board would be obliged 

 if your Council could see its way to instruct any of its officers, who 

 may be cognisant of such changes, to inform the Director-General of 

 the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, when any change occurs of 

 sufficient importance to be shown on a scale of one inch to a mile. 



I am, &c, 



T. H. Elliott, 

 Secretary. 



The Board have addressed the following circular letter, dated 

 September 22nd, 1909, to County Councils and County Boroughs in 

 England and Wales : — 



Sir, 



Eepayment of I am directed by the Board of Agri- 



Expenses under the culture and Fisheries to say that certain 

 Small Holdings Act. points have arisen in connection with the 

 repayment by the Board of the expenses of 

 County Councils and the Councils of County Boroughs under the Small 

 Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, on which they think it desirable to 

 communicate with you. 



It appears to the Board that the Councils' expenses of proceedings 

 under the Act — other than payments for purchase money, rent, or 

 compensation — may be divided into four main heads, viz. : — 



1. Expenses of ascertaining the demand for small holdings. 



2. Expenses of proceedings in relation to the acquisition of land for 

 small holdings. 



3. Expenses incurred after the land has been acquired, or agreed to 

 be acquired, in connection with the preparation of schemes and the 

 adaptation, sale, or letting and management of the holdings. 



4. Expenses, such as those incurred under Sections 19 and 49 of the 

 Act, which are not connected with the provision of small holdings to be 

 sold or let by the Council. 



Under the Treasury minute of 19th October, 1908, the Board repay 

 half of the expenses under the first head incurred before the 1st April, 

 1910, and under Section 21 of the Act and the Board's Regulations of 

 18th March, 1908, they repay the whole of the expenses under the 

 second head, while those under the third and fourth heads are not 

 subject to repayment by the Board. Expenses incurred under the third 

 head should be treated as part of the costs of the scheme and recouped 

 out of the rents. Those incurred under the fourth head are clearly 

 distinguishable from the others, and may, therefore, be disregarded for 

 the purpose of this letter. 



I am, therefore, to suggest that your Council should submit to the 

 Board, if it has not been done already, a detailed account showing the 

 whole of their expenditure under the Act up to the 31st March last 

 under the heads of salaries, travelling expenses, fees to valuers, &c, 

 office expenses, printing, advertising, stationery, postage, and other 

 expenditure stated separately, and that the total expenditure under each 

 of these heads should be apportioned between the three main heads of 



