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ALLOTMENTS ORGANIZATION SOCIETY. The Allotments Organization Society and Small Holders Ltd. may be termed the residuary legatee of the late Agricultural Organization Society, and is continuing the co-operative organization of small cultivators in Englar 1 and Wales, a task first undertaken by the latter body many years ago. Its principal functions are the regis tration of allotment and small holding associations under the In dustrial and Provident Societies acts and the giving of expert advice on the leasing and purchase of land and co-operative trad ing. Prospective associations are supplied with model rules and when these are used the chief registrar of friendly societies re duces his fee from £ I o to L3. The society acts as a central bureau of information and supplies facts and figures on the various phases of the movement of which it is the mouthpiece. It is recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the president, chairman and secretary have each a seat on the Ministry of Agriculture's allot ments advisory committee. The society was founded in 1924, and in 1927 had affiliated 30o associations with a membership of 65,000. The society's work, so far as the small holder is con cerned, consists principally of advice and guidance in the co operative purchase and distribution of agricultural requirements, the co-operative marketing of produce and the joint ownership of implements. The chief office is at 4o Broadway, London, S.W.

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