:MISCEI.IvAXKOUS information relating to AGRICUIvTURAIv 

 ECONOMY in general IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. 



ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



THE IvEASING OF THE DOMAIN I,ANUS. — Bohiin oficial de la Rcpublica Argentina, 

 No. 6916, 12 February'. 191 7. 



A decree of the executive power, dated 8 May 1915, had modified the 

 ruling for the public administration of the agricultural law (No. 4,167) of 

 8 November igo6, in that it authorized the domain lands to be let for a 

 maximum term of twenty-five years (i). But a new decree, dated on the 

 7th of last February, has amended this provision, alleging that " the lea- 

 sing of public lands, in large areas and for long terms, without any obliga- 

 tion on the lessee to populate them, to execute on them works making re- 

 gular farming possible and to improve the soil, thus favouring agricultural 

 progress, is contrary to the fundamental principles of a rational agricultural 

 policy ". 



Consequently the decree of 8 November 1906 has been renewed in the 

 territories in which it was applicable with the following special modification. 



The available domain lands contemplated by law no. 5559 and such 

 reserved lands as the executive power may determine are oft'ered on lease 

 without security of title, precedents to be carefully' taken into account. Every 

 tenant must pay in cash the costs of surveys alreadj' ordered on the lands 

 offered on lease by the abrogated decree. Rents will be fixed by the Ministry 

 of Agriculture in accordance with the productivity of the lands but must 

 not be less than 200 pesos (2) a year for 2,500 hectares (3). 



The maximum area which can be let to one person or society is io,oco 

 hectares in the territory of Pampa, Rio Negro, Neuquen, Chaco and For- 

 mosa, 20,000 hectares in that of Chubut and Santa Cruz. 



If two or more persons apply at the same time for a lease of one lot, 

 or if the general manager of the lands and colonies receive two or more appli- 

 cations for one lot, the applicants will be asked, before the matter is sub- 

 mitted to the ministr}' for determination, if they will consent to receive equal 

 and equivalent shares of the lot. In default of their agreement it will 

 be awarded to the person offering the highest rent. 



In virtue of the decree of 1906 tenants of domain lands are bound to 

 plant and preserve in a good state at least five useful trees lor every 100 hec- 



(i) Acconling to article 50 of law no. 4167 the maximum term of a lease cannot exceed 

 ten years. 



(2) I peso = 4i at ]iar. 



(3) I hectare = 2.47 acres. 



