1^0 RUSSIA - MISCELLANEOUS 



Figures recently published show that the success of these sales of land 

 is now assured and has surpassed all anticipation : the sales definitely con- 

 cluded corresponded on January ist., 1912 with a total area of 2,647,487 

 deciatines as compared with 1,496,956 deciatines in July, 1910. No detailed 

 return of the subdivision of these farms, the total area of which far exceed? 

 that of the cultivated area of Denmark or Holland, has yet been published. 

 We have, however, drawn up the following table, from official sources, 

 showing the amount of land sold, and of that not sold or not saleable, in- 

 cluded in the reserve land belonging to the Peasants' Bank. 



Tablr XIV. — Sales of Land by the Peasants' Bank since 

 January 1st., 1906. 



Situation 

 July 1st., igio January ist., 1912 



(1) Sales Definitely Concluded 



(2) Sales not Finally Concluded 



(3) Sales Prepared by Conclu- 



sion of Contracts ... 



(4) Sales Arranged on Payment 



of Advances 



1-4 



(5) Land Surveyed and Ready 



for Sale 



(6) Laud Siirveyed, but not 



yet Divided in I^ots . . 



(7) Land Suitable for Sale, but 



not yet Surveyed . . . 



5-7 1,760,420 1,104,656 



(8) Crown Land Let for Long 



Terms and Consequently 



not Divisible in Lots . 633.668 415-730 



{9) Other Unsaleable Land . 320,000 478,518 



953,668 894,248 



(1-9) Total 5.384.375 5.751.821 



The importance of these figures is evident in itself, from the fact that 

 the area of the land for sale (2,300,000 deciatines in round numbers) 

 added to that of the land definitely sold since 1906 by the Peasants' Bank 

 {2,674,487 deciatines) gives a total of nearly 5,000,000 deciatines, almost 



