buildings is controlled by stringent by-laws, it will, I believe,
be of interest to many of your readers to know that the Cookham Rural District Council, acting upon the rural by- laws of the Local Government Board which they are adopting, have recently approved the plans for a timber-framed and weatherboarded cottage, similar to the one which was built on Mr. J. St. Loe Strachey's land at Merrow, and described in the Spectator of March 14th. This enlightened action will, I hope, be taken as a precedent by numerous District Councils, and so enable many such cottages to be built in rural districts where the housing problem is acute, but the means to erect more expensive buildings not forthcoming. Of the durability and satisfactoriness of such cottages, when properly built, numerous examples yield ample proof.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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