322 



Official Circulars and Notices. 



[JULY,. 



or remain to be provided. Some applicants have withdrawn their appli- 

 cations upon finding that the particular piece of land desired could not 

 be obtained, or that the rent was more than they were prepared to pay. 

 A considerable number have been satisfied by private arrangement. On 

 the other hand, further applications have been made since the 31st 

 December last, and will doubtless continue to be received. 



Four county councils, viz., those of London, Carnarvon, Merioneth, 

 and the Isles of Scilly, had not acquired any land under the Act. The 

 remaining councils had acquired a total area of 58,787 acres. 



Ten counties, nine in England and one in Wales, had acquired 

 land compulsorily, the area so acquired being 2,349 acres. 



The average price per acre of the land purchased by agreement varied 

 from ^51 145. 6d. in the parts of Holland (Lincolnshire) to £16 iSs. 

 in Monmouth. For the land purchased compulsorily the price varied 

 from 55. id. in Gloucester to ^23 in Devon. 



The average annual rent per acre of the land leased by agreement 

 varied from £2 15s. in Middlesex to 13s. 2d. in Rutland. For the land 

 hired compulsorily the average annual rent varied from £2 16s. per 

 acre in Cumberland to £1 05. yd. per acre in Monmouth. 



Twenty-seven small holders abandoned their holdings subsequent to 

 their acquisition. 



Five hundred and twenty-two applicants applied to purchase their 

 holdings. The number of such applications in England was 407, and 

 in Wales, 115. In 19 of the 63 counties no applications for purchase 

 were received. 



The Board have issued the following Circular, dated June 12th, 19 10, 

 to the Clerks of County Councils and the Town Clerks of County 

 Boroughs as to certain matters connected with 

 Circular as to the the Small Holdings Act, 1908 : — 

 Small Holdings and Sir, 



Allotments Act, 1908. I am directed by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries to inform you that, with the 

 concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, they have made Rules fixing a 

 scale of costs applicable to arbitrations under Part I. of the First 

 Schedule to the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908. The Rules, 

 of which two copies are enclosed herewith, apply only where the arbi- 

 trator's appointment is dated on or after the 10th March last. 



Costs of Raising Loans. — I am also to acquaint you that the Public 

 Works Loan Commissioners have recently decided that they are unable 

 to advance the costs of raising loans for the purchase of land for the 

 purposes of small holdings, and that in these circumstances the Board 

 have obtained the authority of the Treasury to repay the costs of raising 

 such loans, including any incidental expenses, out of the Small Holdings 

 Account, as part of the expenses incurred in relation to the acquisition of 

 land. This arrangement will not be applicable where the costs have 

 already been raised. Claims for repayment should be made in accord- 

 ance with the instructions contained in the Board's Circular Letter of 

 the 22nd September last (A 184/C). 



The particulars of each transaction should be set out in the claim 

 and it should be specifically stated whether or not the amount claimed 



