§ MR. JESSE COLLINGS (Birmingham, Bordesley)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Exeter, as a Charity Commissioner, whether the Commissioners have received a Memorial from allotment tenants at Chaddesley Corbet in regard to the rent paid for charity land under the Act of 1882; whether he is aware that the rent per acre of the allotments has been for some time higher than that paid for the rest of the charity land let to a farmer; and whether the Charity Commissioners will communicate with the trustees with a view of securing such a revision of the allotment rents as the circumstances of the case may require?
§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE (Exeter)A Memorial in regard to the rent paid for allotments by the tenants of the charity land belonging to Chaddesley 364 Corbet was received by the Commissioners on November 5th last. The rent per cultivable acre of the allotments when set out in or about the year 1884 was fixed at £3 5s., the agricultural value of the land being taken at £2 per acre, which the then farming tenants of the charity were paying; the additional charge being made in respect of the expenses of setting out, cost of collection and outgoings. The Commissioners are informed by the Governors that this rent has now been reduced to £2 13s. 8d. per cultivable acre. The Commissioners are still in communication with the Governors on the subject of the allotment rents, and have been recently informed by them that it is in contemplation to adopt a system of management, which will give further satisfaction to the allotment holders.