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to make the rent, which will repay the landlord, 

 prohibitive to the small man. 



The figures mentioned above are not theoretically 

 a perfectly accurate statement as to the yearly cost. 

 The sum paid for the buildings is calculated so as 

 to be repaid in the number of years which have 

 still to run before the instalments for the land are 

 paid up, so that the later a man defers putting up 

 his house on the land he is acquiring, the greater 

 yearly sum he has to pay in annual instalments for 

 the building. 



The following account of the scheme by which 

 the Worcestershire County Council advances money 

 to small holders for putting up buildings is taken 

 from an admirable summary of the work of the 

 County Council, compiled by the Clerk of the 

 County Council, published in the County Council 

 Times for December 7, 1904 : 



Building Scheme. 



The County Council advance three-quarters of 

 the actual cost of house and buildings. The 

 applicant has to satisfy the Council that he can 

 pay one-quarter, and must name the architect or 

 builder who will prepare the plans and be re- 

 sponsible for the proper erection of the same. On 

 receipt of the application the matter is referred to 

 the Council's surveyor, who is instructed to report 

 upon it. If the report is satisfactory and the 

 applicant has paid one-fifth of the purchase money 

 for his land and all the instalments up to date, 



