NEW VAI,UATION OF UNBUII,T ON LAND 



113 



The rental value is 



between 



II 

 21 

 31 

 41 

 51 

 61 



71 



81 



91 



fr. and 20 fr in 5 departments 



30 " "20 



" " 40" "23 



" " 50 " "II 



" " 60 " "13 



'I '' 70" '/ 4 



80 " " I department 



90 " "2 departments 



" " 100 " "3 



Finally, the rental value is 138 fr. in Nord. 



The lowest market prices are observed in Hautes-Alpes (198 fr.), Bas- 

 ses- Alpes (204 fr.), (Corsica 262 fr.) and I^ozere (458 fr.) ; they vary, 



750 fr in 12 departments. 



20 



17 



II 



15 



4 

 2 



The market price is exceptionally high in Nord, where it is 4,423 fr. 

 These differences in value are due to the varvdng degree of fertility of the 

 soil in the various regions and the greater or less faciHties for the sale of 

 the produce ; they are also largely due to the very different proportions in 

 which the various types of farm and kinds of holding are found in the dif- 

 ferent departments. It is especially to this latter cause we must assign 

 the low averages of Hautes-Alpes, Basses- Alpes, Lozere and, Corsica, where 

 62 %; 55 %, 51 % and 39 % of the area valued is moorland. 



Under these circmnstances, the general averages arrived at, whether 

 in the case of rental value or market price, can only serve as mere indic- 

 ations and, in no case, could they give a sure basis for the comparison of the 

 estimates arrived at in the case of the different departments. A comparison 

 can only be based on the results obtained for each type of farm. 



§ 2. ResuIvTs according to types of holdings. 



Before considering the results of the work of valuation from the three- 

 fold point of view of area, rental value and market price of the various 

 holdings, we must, in order to understand the following explanations, re- 

 member that the instructions of December 31st., 1908, with the aim of facil- 



