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Allotments.

354 Sect.

6.

Under Allotments Acts. Eegister and

annual returns.

Eating of allotments.

775.

A

register

must be kept by the council showing particulars and rent of every allotment let, and of the

of the tenancy, acreage,

unlet allotments

Within one month after March 25 in each year the council must cause a statement, showing receipts, expenditure, and outstanding liabilities in respect of the allotments up to that date, to be deposited at some convenient place in the district available to ratepayers {q) 776. Allotments are liable, as agricultural land," to pay only onehalf of the rate in the pound payable in respect of buildings and other hereditaments, so far as public local rates are concerned (r), and, for the purposes of general district rates in urban districts and for special expenses in rural districts, allotments of not more than two acres in extent are assessed at one-fourth only of their rateable value

(s).

Sub-Sect,

Terms and Conditions of

4.

Letting,

Eents.

777. Eents are to be fixed so as to insure the council as far as can be reasonably expected against loss, but the expression loss " does not include expenses incurred in an unsuccessful attempt to acquire land for allotments. Keasonable rents may be charged, having regard to the agricultural value of the land. Not more than one quarter's rent may be required to be paid in advance, where the authority deem payment in advance necessary (t),

Eates and taxes etc.

778. For the purpose of rates, taxes, and tithe rent-charges, the council are to be deemed the occupiers of the allotments and liable to pay but the tenants are to be deemed occupiers thereof for the purpose of parliamentary, municipal, and other local franchises. Eates, taxes, and tithe rent-charges so paid are to be apportioned among the tenants, and the apportioned sum is to be certified to each tenant, and to be added to or deemed part of the tenant's rent, and to be recovered accordingly {a)

Area

of

an

allotment.

779. Sub-letting of an allotment is forbidden {h). One person not hold any allotment or allotments acquired under the Acts which exceeds or exceed five acres in extent (until the end of 1907 the limit is one acre) (c) but it is not compulsory upon a council Further, to provide allotments exceeding one acre in extent (d).

may



The register is to be {p) Allotments Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 48), s. 15. to the inspection of ratepayers of the district or parish it affects, who maytake copies or extracts without fee {ibid.). (q) Ibid. (r) Agricultural Eates Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Yict. c. 16), as continued by the Agricultural Hates Act, 1896 etc. Continuance Acts of 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 13) and 1905 (5 Edw. 7, c. 8). As to payment of rates etc., see par. 778 ; and see, generally, title Eates and Eating. (s) Allotments Eating Exemption Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Yict. c. 33), s. 1, which directs that sects. 211 (1) and 230 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Yict. c. 55), shall be construed as if the word " allotments " was therein inserted. open

(t)

Allotments Act, 1887 (50

(a) Ibid., s. 7 (2); (&)

Ibid.,

(c)

Ibid., as

1907 (d)

(7

s.

Edw.

&

51 Yict.

see also title

c.

48),

s.

7 (1).

Elections.

7,(3).

extended by

sect. 21 (1) of

the Small Holdings and Allotments Act,

7, c. 54).

Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1907

(7

Edw.

7, c. 54), s.

21 (1)

(a).