Land Reform In England
The Chronotypo has nn artiele on this subject, stating that a Chartist Land Cooporation Society has been established in England with branches in various parts of the kingdoin. It is specially supported by tlio manufacturing population. The purpose of the Land Society is to buy up land in q'Jantities,' put it into thorough order, and divide it mto lots of two, tliree, and four acres, witÃi a conven ient brick cotiage on each, and a good school house and lot for play-ground, connected with the whole. The houses and plots of ground ai-e rented. the smallest at $24 25 a year, the second size at #34 37, and the largestat $49 50, these rates paj'ïng a fair interest on the cosL To be elegible to become a tenant, it is necessary to be a member of the Society, and to have paid up the sum $11.12 1-2, either at once or by instalments.as a subscription towards the fund, which someüme since had reached the sum of $72,000 00. The allotments are bailotee! for amongst the members, and those who draw a pvize, be it a first, a second, or third, are invested at once wilh the right of tenantry, and put into possession. - Each tenant also receives from the society, capital to commenco business with ; those who have four acres receive$145 50, those who Iiav4fcthree, S1Ã9 12 1-2, and those who have two, $72 75.Jhach tenant js also granted the right ofgradually paying for the property he occupies, and diminishing his rent, at such times as he may Ãind convenient, until he becomes an owner, a freeman, a posscssor of liis own land. The oporations of the Society are limited as yet.but the fund is so calcalated is to increase itself indefinitcly. Il is said that the ])roject hos enlisted much interest among multitudes, who look to it with hope.
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Chartist Land Co-Operation Society
England
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