Excerpt from The Gardener's Chronicle, Vol. 43: A Weekly Illustrated Journal; Horticulture and Allied Subjects; January to June, 1908 Hitherto allotments have been dealt with by the Local Government Board, but their powers are now transferred to the Board of Agriculture, except as to certain powers relating to the finan cing of local authorities. Similarly the powers and duties of Rural District Councils are now transferred to Parish Councils, or, in cases where the district does not possess a Parish Council, then to the Parish Meeting. Up to the present time allotments have represented very small holdings which in fact did not exceed one acre, but the maximum size allowable under the Allot ments Act of 1887 is now raised to five acres. A dwelling house may only be erected on an allotment if such. Allotment is one acre or more in extent, and in no case can more than one dwelling house be erected for occupation with any one allotment. It is the duty of County Councils to ascertain the extent to which there is a demand for allotments in their district, and to take steps to satisfy such demand. If the Board of Agriculture, after holding a local en quiry, considers that any County Council has failed to fulfil its Obligations under the Allot ments Act of 1890 the Board of Agriculture may transfer the powers of the County Council to the Small Holdings Commissioners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.