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Mr. Henry Ashworth stated that a firm near Bolton 

 had considered it their interest to erect for their workpeople 

 cottages of a superior class^ mostly containing three bedrooms, 

 and in other respects commodious and convenient. They 

 were let at a rental of six per cent on the outlay, and were in 

 great requisition. The beneficial effects upon the social and 

 moral condition of the tenants was undoubted. 



