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tion of the University, College, School, or Institution, or of the Asso- 

 ciation of persons or Company not trading for profit, making the appli- 

 cation, respectively, and copies of the audited accounts for the last 

 financial year of the body making application shall be forwarded at the 

 same time. 



6. The applicants shall state in every case what funds from sources 

 other than the Development Fund are available for the purpose in view, 

 and from what source they are derived. 



Note. — The purposes stated in the Act are — 



(a) Aiding and developing agriculture and rural industries by pro- 

 moting scientific research, instruction, and experiments in the science, 

 methods and practice of agriculture (including the provision of farm- 

 institutes), the organisation of co-operation, instruction in marketing, 

 produce, and the extension of the provision of small holdings ; and by 

 the adoption of any other means which appear calculated to develop 

 agriculture and rural industries ; 



(b) Forestry (including [1] the conducting of inquiries, experiments, 

 and research for the purpose of promoting forestry and the teaching of 

 methods of afforestation ; [2] the purchase and planting of land found 

 after inquiry to be suitable for afforestation) ; 



(c) The reclamation and drainage of land; 



(d) The general improvement of rural transport (including the mak- 

 ing of light railways, but not including the construction or improvement 

 of roads) ; 



(e) The construction and improvement of harbours ; 



if) The construction and improvement of inland navigations ; 



(g) The development and improvement of fisheries ; and for any 

 other purpose calculated to promote the economic development of the 

 United Kingdom. 



For the purposes of this part of this Act the expression " agriculture 

 and rural industries " includes agriculture, horticulture, dairying, the 

 breeding of horses, cattle, and other live stock and poultry, the cultiva- 

 tion and preparation of flax, the cultivation and manufacture of tobacco, 

 and any industries immediately connected with and subservient to any of 

 the said matters (sec. 6). 



A Return [H.C. 145] has been made in pursuance of an Order of 

 the House of Commons giving certain particulars as to Small Holdings 

 up to 31st December, 1909. The Return is 

 Return as to accompanied by the following memorandum 



Small Holding's. This Return shows that the number of 



applications for small holdings under the Small 

 Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, which had been received by county 

 councils in England and Wales to the 31st December, 1909, was 26,682, 

 including applications from associations, which have not in all cases 

 been shown separately. The number of applicants approved was 15,359. 

 exclusive of Gloucester, Anglesey, and Brecon, for which figures are not 

 given, but where it is stated that practically all the 1,117 applicants 

 in those counties were approved. This figure, however, does not repre- 

 sent the number of applicants for which small holdings either have been 



