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* * * In place of the present grants to

the local 'authorities for slum clearance—the present grants must not exceed one half of the estimated annual 'average lois—the Bill proposes to establish a flied annual grant on a unit basis, in other words on the basis of the number of persons who will be displaced and for whom accomModation will have to be found- in the' new houses. The grants will be payable annually for forty years, and will be at the rate of 45s. for each displaced person, but may be increased up to 70s. in certain cases. We are glad to see that the Exchequer is to grant money, through the local bodies, to societies or companies which undertake housing work either without profit or with strictly limited dividends.

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