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 

 of Belgium where loans are raised at highest rates of interest. 



Thus while in East Flanders no more than five per cent of the 

 loans are raised on usurious interest, in the province of Luxem- 

 bourg as much as eighty-two per cent of the loans bear interest 

 at five per cent and upwards. 



