shall be let by the local authority for occupation to tenants who intend to reside therein;

(b) that it shall be a term of every such letting that the tenant shall not assign, sublet, or otherwise part with the possession of the house, or any part thereof, except with the consent in writing of the local authority or some person authorised by them in that behalf, and that such consent shall not be given unless it is shown that no payment other than rent has been or is to be received by the tenant in consideration of the assignment, subletting, or other transaction;

(c) that if the local authority desire to sell or (save by such lettings as aforesaid) otherwise dispose of the houses, the sale or disposal shall not be effected except upon and subject to such stipulations, if any, as the Board think proper, for the reduction of the amount or the curtailment of the duration of any contribution payable by the Board in respect of the house, or for both reduction and curtailment, but so, nevertheless, that the contribution in respect of any house sold before the expiration of a period of twenty years from the date when that contribution first became payable shall not be reduced by more than three pounds or, in the case of a house in an agricultural parish, by more than six pounds ten shillings, and the duration thereof shall not be curtailed by more than twenty years; (d) that a fair wages clause which complies with the requirements of any resolution of the House of Commons applicable to contracts of Government Departments and for the time being in force shall be inserted in all contracts for the construction of the houses;

(e) that the rents charged in respect of the houses shall not in the aggregate exceed the total amount of the rents that would be payable if the houses were let at the appropriate normal rents charged in respect of working-class houses erected prior to the third day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, except where the estimated annual expenses

to be incurred in connection with the houses exceed, so far as the same are borne by the local rate, an amount equivalent to four pounds ten shillings a year payable for a period of forty years for each house and then only to the extent of such excess; and that no fine, premium or other like sum shall be taken in addition to the rent; and

(f) that reasonable preference shall be given to large families in letting the houses.

(2) Houses provided by a society, body of trustees, or company within the meaning of section three of the Housing, &c., Act, 1923, and houses, the construction of which is promoted by a local authority in accordance with section two of the said Act, as amended by this Act, shall be deemed to be subject to special conditions if the society, body of trustees, or company, in the case of the houses provided by them, and the local authority in the case of the other houses, undertake, in accordance with rules made by the Board and approved by the Treasury, that the following conditions will be complied with in relation to the houses:

(a) that the houses shall be let for occupation to tenants who intend to reside therein;

(b) that it shall be a term of every such letting that the tenant shall not assign, sublet, or otherwise part with the possession of the house, or any part thereof, except with the consent in writing of the society, body of trustees, or company in the case of the houses provided by them, or of the local authority or some person authorised by them in that behalf in the case of the other houses, and that such consent shall not be given unless it is shown that no payment other than rent has been or is to be received by the tenant in consideration of the assignment, subletting, or other transaction;

(c) that no house shall be sold or (save by such lettings as

aforesaid) otherwise disposed of except with the consent of the Board, which may be absolute or subject to such reasonable stipulations as the Board think proper, including, if the Board

think fit, stipulations for the reduction of the amount or the curtailment of the duration of any contribution payable by the Board in respect of the house, or for both reduction and curtailment, but so, nevertheless, that the contribution in respect of any house sold before the expiration of a period of twenty years from the date when that contribution first became payable shall not be reduced by more than three pounds, or in the case of a house in an agricultural parish by more than six pounds ten shillings, and the duration thereof shall not be curtailed by more than twenty years;

(d) that a fair wage clause which complies with the requirements of any resolution of the House of Commons applicable to contracts of Government Departments and for the time being in force shall be inserted in all contracts for the construction of houses; and

(e) that the rent charged in respect of any house shall not exceed the appropriate normal rent together with a sum equivalent to the average excess, if any, above the appropriate normal rent which can be charged by the local authority in accordance with this section in the case of houses provided by the local authority themselves, and that no fine, premium or other like sum shall be taken in addition to the rent.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the appropriate normal rent shall be deemed to be such rent, exclusive of rates, as the local authority determine, in accordance with rules made by the Board, to be the rent that is normally charged in the area of the local authority in the case of working-class houses erected prior to the third day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen: Provided that different rents may be so determined to be the appropriate normal rents as respects different classes of houses and as respects different parts of the area.

Every rule made under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament forthwith; and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent twenty-eight days on which that House has sat after any such rule is laid praying that the rule may

be annulled, it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or the making of a new rule.

(4) If at any time it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that any undertaking given under this section, or that any of the special conditions to which a house is subject under this section has not been complied with, any contribution payable in respect of the house may be discontinued or the amount thereof may be reduced, and the duration thereof may be curtailed, according as the Board think proper.

See Appendix I., pp. 267 et seq., as to rules approved by Treasury.

In order to obtain the increased subsidy the local authority must undertake in relation to houses provided by themselves that the following conditions will be complied with:

(a) The houses are to be let for occupation to tenants who intend to reside therein.

(b) The tenant is not to assign, sublet, or otherwise part with the possession of the house or any part thereof except with the consent in writing of the local authority, which is not to be given unless it is shown that no payment other than rent is being received by the tenant.

(c) If the local authority desire to dispose of the houses, such disposal must be subject to such conditions as the Board think proper, including, if thought fit, stipulations for the reduction of the amount or the curtailment of the duration of any contribution payable by the State, but so that the annual contribution in respect of a house sold before twenty years is not reduced by more than £3, or, in the case of a house in a rural area, by more than £6 10s., and the duration of the payment is not curtailed by more than twenty years.

(d) The fair wages clause applicable for the time being to Government contracts is to be inserted in all contracts for the construction of houses.

(e) The total rents charged are not to exceed the total rents that would be payable if the houses were let at the appropriate normal rents charged in respect of workingclass houses erected before 3rd August, 1914, except where the estimated annual expenses in connection with the houses exceed, so far as the same are borne by the local rate, an amount equivalent to £4 10s. a year payable for forty years for each house, and then only to the extent of such excess.

(f) Preference is to be given to large families in letting the houses.

A society, body of trustees, or company within the meaning of sec. 3 of the Housing, &c., Act, 1923, providing houses, and a local authority in respect of houses the construction of which is promoted by them, in order to obtain the increased

contribution provided by the 1924 Act, must undertake that the following conditions will be complied with in relation to those houses:

:

(a) The houses are to be let for occupation to tenants who intend to reside therein (as in (a), ante);

(b) There is to be no subletting except with consent in writing (as in (b), ante);

(c) No house is to be sold or otherwise disposed of except with the consent of the Board, which consent may be subject to conditions as to reduction of amount or curtailment of duration of any subsidy (as in (c), ante);

(d) A Government fair wages clause is to be inserted in all contracts (as in (d), ante);

(e) The rent charged is not to exceed the appropriate normal rent, together with a sum equivalent to the average excess, if any, above the appropriate normal rent which can be charged under (e), ante, by the local authority in the case of houses provided by themselves.

The appropriate normal rent is to be deemed to be such rent, exclusive of rates, as the local authority determine, in accordance with rules made by the Board and laid before Parliament to be the rent that is normally charged in the area of the local authority in the case of working-class houses erected prior to 3rd August, 1914, provided that different rents may be determined to be the appropriate normal rents as respects different classes of houses, and as respects different parts of the

area.

For Board's Rules as to undertaking to comply with special conditions, fair wages clause, and appropriate normal rent, see Appendix I., pp. 267 et seq.

The First Schedule to the Act relative to the provisions of sec. 4, infra, gives the following table of the number of houses which it is estimated ought to be erected during four yearly periods named :

4. Termination of Government liability to make contributions. (1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the Minister and the Scottish Board of Health may jointly make an order under this section declaring that no contributions shall be made by the Minister or Board in respect of any houses which have not been completed before the date specified in the order. (2) The Minister and Board may make an order under this section in either of the following cases:

(a) if, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,

or in any third succeeding year, the Minister and