136 OUR ENGLISH LAND MUDDLE. 



community had suffered no loss. In addition 

 to these direct Credit Fancier loans, the various 

 States had embarked £9,287,099 up to 1911 in 

 closer settlement land purchases, to be passed 

 on to small-holders on Credit Fonder terms. 



Besides these aids to the Australian farmer 

 and would-be farmer, there are available in all 

 the States Crown lands for sale in the ordinary 

 way on cheap credit terms. The aids to farmers 

 and the repurchase of private estates for closer 

 settlement are in addition to these facilities. 



To sum up, less than 5,000,000 people of 

 Australia find it wise to put out these great 

 sums (some £17,000,000 in the aggregate) in 

 helping the farmer. The 45,000,000 people of 

 the United Kingdom at the same rate would 

 have to put out £153,000,000 in Credit Fonder 

 funds. So far, in England and Wales £3,581,042 

 has been put out under the County Councils 

 Small Holdings scheme, and £121,415,012 under 

 the Irish Land Purchase Acts. The United 

 Kingdom, as a whole, may be said thus to come 

 near to a fair use of State credit for the help of 

 agriculture, but it has been nearly all devoted 

 to Ireland. Apart from Ireland, Credit Fonder 



