2 DECEMBER 1893, Page 32

PARISH COUNCILS.

[To TRIO EDITOR OF THE " BPROTATOR."] gather from a letter, signed "Rector," in the Spectator of November 25th, that the writer is under the impression the Parish Councils Bill allows Parish Councils to purchase land compulsorily for allotments ; in fact, the whole of his letter seems chiefly burdened with this notion.

Permit me to say that Parish Councils, according to the Bill as introduced into Parliament, have not the power to hire or purchase a single yard of land compulsorily for allotment purposes.—I am, Sir, &c., J. L. GREEN,