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gratuitous supply of tuberculin and the gratuitous services of 

 a veterinary surgeon on certain conditions. 



In a supplementary memorandum three of the Com- 

 missioners recommend that compensation be paid to the 

 owner of a carcase confiscated and destroyed, wholly or in 

 part, by order of a magistrate on account of tuberculosis. 



Land [Compulsory Purchase a7id Hiring). Return of the 

 number of insta7tces in which y between the 2']th day of 

 December y 1894, and the i^th day of June^ 1897, local 

 authorities acqttired land for allotnmits and small holdings 

 by (i) compulsory purchase^ [2) purchase by agreement, (3') 

 compulsory hiringy and (4) hiriiig by agreement. {H.C, 17. 

 Price ^\d^ 



The total acreage of land acquired by local authorities for 

 allotments between the 27th December, 1894, and the 24th 

 June, 1897, was 14,818 acres, of which 33 acres were acquired 

 by three county councils, 42 acres by three councils of 

 county boroughs, 1,591 acres by 120 urban district councils, 

 160 acres by nine rural district councils, 12,967 acres by 

 1,009 parish councils, 19 acres by four parish meetings, and 

 4 acres by one metropolitan vestry. In 24 cases the land was 

 acquired by purchase by agreement, in 6 cases by compulsory 

 hiring, and in 1,156 cases by hiring by agreement, 



The total number of tenants to whom the allotments had 

 been let was 32,663. Sixty-one county councils, 61 councils 

 of county boroughs, 963 urban district councils, 692 rural 

 district councils, 6,361 parish councils, and 5,733 parish 

 meetings did not acquire land for allotments during the 

 period in question. 



Three county councils acquired land in six parishes for 

 small holdings between the 27th December, 1894 and the 

 24th June, 1897, in one parish by purchase by agreement, 

 and in five parishes by hiring by agreement. The total 

 acreage of the land so acquired was 120 acres, and it was let 

 to forty-five tenants. 



One hundred and eighty-three parish councils acquired land 

 for purposes other than allotments prior to the 24th June, 1 897. 



