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term of sixty and a half year expires. If they do so within less than ten years 

 they must have the permission of the general commission. 



6) According to the provisions voted in 1896 and 1900 the bank grants 

 to the purchasers of parcels the credit necessary to allow them to meet the 

 costs of initial installation, building dwellings, improvements, purchase 

 of live stock, etc., and to pay co-heirs. These debts are paid by the method 

 of redemption in a period of from ten to thirt}'- years. 



From 1891 to 1914 the Rentenbanken obtained the following results : 



Number 



of large Number Total Average 



pro- of area area 



perties colonies of of :■ 



bought formed colonies colony 



by the by the — — 



banks banks hectares hectares 



1891-1892 59 392 5,083 13.0 



1893 176 1,490 13,296 8.9 



1894 239 1,902 21,829 II. 5 



1895 131 1,237 12,908 10.4 



1896 104 1,167 14.177 12. 1 



1897 93 916 9,990 10.9 



1898 73 720 9,164 12.7 



1899 54 651 8,046 12.4 



1900 44 322 4,297 13.3 



1901 49 422 4,714 II. 2 



1902 59 311 3.645 117 



1903 67 393 5.400 137 



1904 64 376 5.242 13-9 



1905 103 664 9,778 14.7 . 



1906 109 618 10,049 16.3 



1907 173 914 13.417 147 



1908 662 1,223 12,476 10.2 



1909 880 1,554 17,166 ii.o 



1910 1,014 1.587 12,709 8.0 



1911 780 1,328 14,110 10.6 



1912 1,493 1. 216 12,383 10.2 - 



1913 1,066 1,201 11,398 9.5 



1914 1,115 931 7.171 77 



The data as to the cultivation of the parcels sold to the colonists give 

 us the following facts regarding 1913 : 



