NEW VALUATION OF UNBUILT ON I,AND 



123 



The number of landowners per 1,000 inhabitants is only 22 in Seine 

 and 90 in Seine I ferieure. 



It is between 103 and 150 in 7 departments 



151 " 200 "15 



201 " 250 "25 



251 " 300 " 23 



301 " 350 "9 



It rises to 357 in Savoie, 352 in Gers and Haute-Savoie, 357 in Basses- 

 Alpes, 364 in Ariege and 377 in lyOt. 



The number of landowners per 1,000 households is lowest in Seine 

 (58); 



It is between 323 and 500 in 7 departments 



7 



14 

 10 



14 



17 

 12 



It rises to 1,282 in I^ot, 1,291 in Lozere, 1,236 in Savoie, 1,364 in Haute- 

 Savoie and 1,377 i^ Ariege. 



§ 3 Comparison of the areas vai^ued in 1908 

 with those vaivued in 185i and 1879. 



I. Classification of Holdings. — As the valuation of 1908, the results 

 of which have just been given, was preceded by two general valuations in 

 1851 and 1879, it ^^^ seemed desirable to compare the information obtained 

 on these three occasions, so as to be able to judge of the changes that have 

 taken place since 1850 in the character of the farms and the fluctuations 

 in the value of the ho dings during the peri d. 



The various types of farms were divided in to thirteen groups for the 

 purposes of the valuation in 1908, while they were only divided into seven 

 groups when the earlier valuations were made. It was therefore indispens- 

 able to adopt a uniform mode of classifying the holdings before a com- 

 parison could b * made. With thi , object, the results of the three valu- 

 tions were classified in six groups as follows : 



