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MR. A. AV. FLUX, M.A., ON CITT GOVERNMENT AND

and little togetlier, are assessed at a rental little exceeding one million sterling, while over 100,000 inhabited bouses were returned at the last census, and the number has since been increased by some 11,000 new houses, so tbat tbe average assessed rental stands at not more tban £10— in view of tbis, and of what we all know of prices charged for cottages, it hardly seems reasonable to take the retums quoted as an exbaustive representation of crowded dwellings for tlxp com- parison with other places. ** Before leaving the question of housing, the further important question of rent may be toucbed upon. Tbe rent, of course, varies with tbe district, but certain averages have been Avorked out by tbe Statistical Office which may serve as clues to the position. I do not reproduce the figures for rooms in the houses at the back of the yard which, in many cases, separates the bloclt next the Street from another inner block of dwellings. The figures I give are for dwellings in the front block.* Y early A verage B ent in C openhagen . * In all these comparisons, it must be bome in mind that tbere is not only a kitclien in addition to th« number of rooms named; but, in general, additional conveniences which would increase the number of rooms in the mode of reckoning usual in England. In three-roomed tenements often, in larger suites always, a servant's room, which is not a mere cupboard, miscalled a room, is found besides the kttchen and the number of rooms indicated in the classification. A particular example of a six-roomed tenement may illustrate this. The tenement included six roomy appartments, with kitclien, servant’s room, pantry, a wine cellar, coal cellar, and a tliird cellar. In addition tliere were two‘ attics, usable as store-rooms, though as one was furnished with a stove, it was available for other purposes as well. The tenant had, in addition to the accommodation named, the use of a washing cellar and drying loft every fourth week in rotation with the other tenants. The tenement in question was ou the fourth floor, overlooking a main thoroughfare, and the rent was barely over £44 per annum. The case is by no means one showing exceptional extra conveniences. These extras modify comparisons, both on the subject of crowding and on tliat of rent, with English statistics, and should not b« ignored when either is under consideration. f In view of the exceptional importance of the two-roomod tenement, the faet that rents varying from £7 8s. to £12 10s., for Buch tenements in streets sclected as samples of different quarters of the city, were found, may be worth noting. No. of Rooms. 1895. £ 3. 1890. No. of Rooms 1895. 1890. £ 8 . £ s. £ 8. 1 Room with"Ut Kitchen... 1 Room and Kitcheu ...... 2 Roomsf ............................... 4 2 4 11 6 3 5 6 7 30 13 31 11 40 0 41 9 53 4 59 0 6 0 9 18 10 0 3 Rooms.................................... 16 9 16 11 4 Rooms................................... 21 0 21 18 8andover. 99 4 89 2