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GERMANY - CREDIT 



The land is employed as follows : 



3,173 hectares for bnilditigs and gardens 



164,451 " " fields 



40*550 " " meadows 



14,252 " " forests 



8,851 " " roads etc. 



As regards the extent of holdings : 



5,073 colonists have less than 2 ^ hectares 



2,728 " " from 2 ^ to 5 hectares 



4.705 " " " 5 to 10 



6,339 " " " 10 to 25 



1,759 " " more than 25 hectares. 



The following is the distribution according to provinces and area 



Province 



less than 

 hectares 



from 

 2 % to 5 

 hectares 



fiom 

 5 to 10 

 hectares 



from 

 10 to 25 

 hectares 



more than 



25 

 hectares 



Total 



hectares 



East Prussia . . 

 West Prussia . . 

 Brandenburg . . 

 Pomerania . . . 

 Posnania .... 



Silesia 



Saxony 



Schleswig-Holstein 

 Hanover .... 

 Westphalia . . . 

 Hesse-Nassau . . 

 Rhine Province. . 



640 

 214 



303 

 321 



943 



446 



273 

 356 

 478 

 984 

 86 

 29 



462 

 532 

 207 



244 

 270 



509 

 84 



83 



85 



338 



13 



I 



1.054 

 1,175 

 158 

 777 

 521 

 418 

 78 

 181 



175 

 164 



4 



1,104 



1.147 

 205 



2,512 



518 



171 



36 



401 



161 



73 



II 



309 



292 



42 



352 



162 



58 



22 



300 



20 



27 



5 



3,569 

 3,360 



815 

 4,386 

 2,404 

 1,602 



493 

 1,321 



919 



1,585 



119 



30 



Until 1908 parcels could not be of less than two hectares, but the for- 

 mation of smaller parcels, even those of less than one hectare, has since 

 been allowed. From 1908 to 1913 there were formed : 



2,623 parcels of less thau i hectare 

 1,162 " " from I to 2 ^ hectares 



