THE "LAXDSCHAFT" OF POSKN FROM I JANUARY I914 TO I JANUARY I916 7 



In 1915 proceedings for sales by auction were entered into in the case of 

 60 properties, at the request of the lyandschaft in that of 25 and at the re- 

 quest of other creditors in that of 35. The report of the lyandschaft for that 

 year gves no details as to area. 



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At the end of 1914 the following properties guaranteed loans which 

 had been made : 



a) 4,559 holdings, each containing land worth 15,000 marks or more, 

 having a total area of 947,186 hectares and securing loans amounting to 

 393,914,900 marks. 



b) 5,598 holdings, each containing land worth at least 15,000 marks, 

 having a total area of 94,891 hectares and securing loans amounting to 

 29,508,300 marks. 



The corresponding figures for 1915 are as follows : 



a) 5,575 holdings, each containing land worth 15,000 marks or more, 

 having a total area of 933,187 hectares and securing loans amounting to 

 394,038,500 marks. 



b) 5,663 holdings, each containing land worth at least 15,000 marks, 

 having a total area of 95,781 hectares and securing loans amounting to 

 29,782,400 marks. 



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At the end of 1914 the report on forestry gave data as to 40 holdings 

 having a total area of 20,901 hectares of woodland and worth altogether. 

 11,977,300 marks. This value, calculated as additional to that of the soil 

 only, gives an average of 546 marks a hectare. Of the 40 holdings, 27, 

 having a total area of 16,863 hectares and worth as security 9,363,900 marks, 

 could profit by a supplementarj' loan ; but a domain of 317 hectares of 

 forest land, worth as security 127,600 marks, was debarred from the grant 

 of such a supplement. 



The only modification in this connection in 1915 consisted in granting 

 the supplementary loan to 28 properties, having a total area of 17,583 

 hectares of forest land, worth as security 9,817,300 marks. 



In 1914 the lyandschaft dealt with 18,827 transactions ; in 1915 with 

 ir.933- 



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To comjjlete the data from the report of the lyandschaft we give those 

 which refer to the bank on 31 December of the three years 1913, 1914 and 



1915- 



In hand. — 1913 : 416,439.16 marks — 1914 : 514,648.77 marks — 

 1915 : 234,812.26 marks. 



