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and stock raising by furnishing money to farmers on land values at G per cent 

 interest. Loans to the amount of £20,000 were granted during the first month of 

 the bank's existence. 



A circular gives information as to the method of securing loans, security 

 required, kinds of loans, apiilication fees, loans to cooperative societies, etc. 



Cooperative credit [in India], W. 11. Gourlay (Dcijt. Afjr. Bengal Quart. 

 Jour., 1 {liit)^), Xo. J, jip. 172-181). — The author discusses the origin, develop- 

 ment, and mode of operation of agricultural cooperative credit societies in India. 



As a result of 3 years' work, these societies now number 735, and interest 

 for money borrowed on personal security ranges from 12.5 to 18.75 per cent, 

 as compared with 25 to 50 per cent as charged by money lenders. The prin- 

 ciples under which the societies oi)erate are the same as the Raiffeisen societies, 

 namely, unlimited liability of the members, operations restricted to a small 

 area, no shares and consequently no dividends, no payment for services ren- 

 dered, repayment of the loan from the profits or savings effected, an indivisible 

 i-eserve fund, and the moral and material benefit of the members. 



The agricultural colonization of Texas, T. Tabet {Agi: Colon. [Italy], 2 

 (1908), No. 1, pp. 20-50, figs, 16). — This is a description of a trip through Texas 

 and near-by States, with statistical data of population, agricultural production, 

 mineral wealth, etc. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the 

 suitability of Texas for the settlement of Italian immigrants who desire to en- 

 gage in agriculture. 



Census of population and agriculture of the Northwest Provinces, S. A. 

 Fisher (Ottaiva: Govt., 1907, pp. XXXII+160). — Complete data as to popula- 

 tion, extent of areas cultivated and uncultivated, acreage and yields of crops, 

 and number of live stock in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and 

 Alberta in 1906 are tabulated and discussed. The towns and cities are growing 

 in population faster than the rural districts, the ratio of urban to rural popula- 

 tion in liiOG being .30.23: 100 as compared with 24.72: 100 in 1001. 



Agricultural census of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces, 1907, 

 A. Blue (Census and Statis. [Canada], Bui. 5, pp. JJ). — Statistics of farm 

 lands, field crops, and live stock for the five provinces by counties are reported. 



Agricultural statistics of Eastern Bengal and Assam for the year 1906-7, 



5. G. Hart (Agr. Statis. East. Bengal and Assam, l[)06-7, pp. 31). — General 

 returns showing total acreage, classification of areas, acreage in crops, number 

 of live stock, plows, and carts, extent of irrigation, population, and land trans- 

 fers are reported. 



Agriculture and pastoral industry [in New South Wales], H. C. L. Ander- 

 son (Otf. Yearbook X. S. Wales, 1005-6, pp. 33S-40h pis. //).— Statistical data 

 on the acreage 'and yields of crops and number of live stock in 1906 and pre- 

 ceding years are tabulated and discussed. The area under cultivation including 

 sown grass land was 3,405,611 acres, or 2.3 acres per inhabitant. 



Rural settlement, II. C. L. Anderson (Off. Yearbook N. 8. Wales, 1905-6, 

 pp. 125-151). — Excluding land held by tenants of the crown, there were in New 

 South Wales in 190(>, 77.136 holdings of 1 acre and upwards in extent. The 

 land occupied was 48,728,542 acres, the average size of the holding being 632 

 acres. Of the total number of holdings 42,776 were occupied by freeholders, 

 14,921 by absolute tenants of private lands, and 13,321 by persons who possess 

 freeholds with crown lands attached. 



Crop Reporter (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. ,Statis. Crop Reporter, 10 (1908), No. 



6, pp. -'fl-'t8). — Notes are given on the crof) conditions in the United States and 

 foreign countries, with statistics on the acreage, values, and prices of the more 

 important agricultural products, 



