THE LAND SYSTEM OF BELGIUM AND HOLLAND 443 



The following table shows that the truth lies in the opposite direc- 

 tion. In the remarkable return of the census of 1846, the govern- 

 ment published an instructive table, showing which are the provinces 

 '.clgium where loans are raised at highest rates of interest. 



I'KOVIM i-s 



PROPORTION OF CAPITAL BEARING INTEREST 

 AT THE RATE OF FIVE PER CENT AND UP- 

 WARDS TO THE A<;C.RF.(;ATB LOANS 



Thus while- in Kast Flanders no more than live per cent of the 

 raised on usurious inti-ivst. in the province' of I.uxem- 

 as imu i. ity-two per cent of the loans bear ir 



at fivr per cvnt and upwards. 



