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Broadstone, Wimborne.

May 13, 1907.

Dear Mr. Hyder,

— Although it is not safe to hallo before one is out of the wood, I think I may congratulate the Society¹ upon the prospect it now has of obtaining the first-fruits of its persistent efforts, for a quarter of a century, to form an enlightened public opinion in favour of our views. If the Government adequately fulfils its promises, we shall have, in the Bill for a fair valuation of land apart from improvements, as a basis of taxation and for purchase, and that giving local authorities full powers to acquire land[2] [p. 162] so valued, the first real and definite steps towards complete nationalisation....

Alfred R. Wallace