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Tabi^ 1. — Number and Amount of Loans Granted by the State. 



Year (I) 



Number of tfions 



Amotint of IiOans 

 (in crowns). 



1900-1901 



1901-1902 



1902-1903 



1903-1904 



1904-I905 



1905-1906 



1906-1907 



1907-1908 



1908-I909 



1909-19IO 



I910-1911 



Total 



713.770 



860,504 



1,278,629 



1,945.126 

 1,732,204 

 2,861,262 

 2,856,379 

 2,924,760 



3.133.834 

 3,042,221 

 4,061,459 



25,410,148 



(i) The working year closes on March 31st. 



As we see, in the early years, the Credit allowed by the State was far from 

 being taken advantage of, but the loans have gone on continually increasing, 

 so that in the last year the estimate was exceeded, although the Colonis- 

 ation Commissions proceeded with the greatest prudence and held over 

 numerous apphcations to the following year, with precedence of any others. 



The average area of the farms has continually increased. Between 

 1901 and 1905 it was 316 ares ; it increased between 1905 and 1910 to 

 366 ares and in the last working year to 422 ares. Further, it will not fail 

 to be observed, in the following table, that only the percentage of farms 

 of between 221 and 441 ares remains unchanged ; those of less than 

 221 ares become less and less ntmierous and the number of those of more 

 than 441 ares increases. 



