Part 111: Credit 



RUSSIA. 



THE ACTIVITY OF THE VBASANT^ LAND BANK {Conclusion). 



§ 5. The administration of the bank's property. 



In 1915 the bank administered 2,621,640 deciatines (i) of land, distrib- 

 uted as follows according to the method of their administration. 



Tabi,E XV. — Distribution of Lands Administered 

 by the Peasants' Land Bank according to the Method of Administration. 



System of administration 



1. Properties ^ a) to peasants . . 

 let for rents ' 



in cash . . (b) to contractors . 



2. Properties let to peasants for 



rents partly payable in kind 



3. Properties administered by 



their former proprietors . . 



4. Properties administered by the 



bank directly 



Total . . . 



1.731,877 922,621 208,956 2,863,454 100. o 



As appears from this table the method of administering the lands pre- 

 ferred is that of letting them to the peasants, to whom 1,795,814 deciati- 

 nes were thus ceded. In letting lands the bank first considers the peasants 



(i) I deciatine = 2.698 acres. 



