LNSTITUTES FOR RURAL LAXD CREDIT 57 



December 24th., 1912, could be classified as follows according to their 

 area : 



1,425 of an area of less than 5 hectares 

 7,817 " " " " between 5 and 20 hectares 

 6,068 " " " ■' » 20 » 75 



589 " " " " more than 75 " 



As regards the amount of credit granted: 



4,549 holdings had received loans of less than 5,000 mks. 

 9,878 " " " •' " between 5,000 and 30,000 mks. 



1,269 ' " 30,000 and loo.ooomks. 



133 " " " " " more than 100,000. 



The loans granted by the Ostpreussische Landschajt (East Prussian 

 Landschaft) on holdings of less than 100 ha. were at the end of 1912 in round 

 numbers 13,700 ; 2,600 of the holdings were of less than 20 ha. and 10,300 

 less than 50 ha. The number of holdings of more than 100 ha. on which 

 loans had been granted was 2,900, a figure somewhat higher than in 1895, 

 whilst the number of holdings of less than 100 ha. receiving loans was 3,178 

 in 1885 and 8,095 in 1895. Thus, in the last thirty years, peasant holdings 

 have taken the first place by far in regard to number, if not certainly in 

 regard to the total amount of loans conceded to their owners. With re- 

 gard to the amount of the loans, there were 8,336 for amounts of less than 

 10,000 marks, 6,056 for amounts of between 10,000 and 50,000 mks, and 

 2,192 for amounts of more than 50,000. 



In the NeueWestpreussische Landschaft (New West Prussian Landschaft) , 

 intended exclusively for the grant of credit to peasant landholders, between 

 1903 and 1913 (]\Iay 20th.), the number of holdings for which loans were 

 granted increased from 7,389 to 11,308 and the amount lent increased from 

 140,861,270 mks. to 229,019,410 mks. 



In the case of the Province of Posen, it is not possible to gather from 

 the annual reports the number of the peasants' holdings for which credit 

 was granted, nor the proportion of these loans to the total amount lent. 



The Neues Brandenhurgisches Kreditinstitut (New Brandenburg Credit 

 Institute), founded by the Kur- und Neumdrkisches Ritterschajtliches Kredit- 

 institut for the peasant landowners has progressed as follows : 



Amount of Loans Area ot Holdings ^"'o/LoanT'"* 



1880 93 3,694,600 marks 



1890 4,195 74,274,300 



1900 9'007 130,972,350 



1905 9.931 141,729,150 



1910 10,345 142,972,800 



1912 10,444 146,202,400 



