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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. 
