1. I^and of Superior Quality and I,and 



Various by Cultivated 



2. Arable lyand and Land Valued in the 



Same Way 



3. Meadows and Grass I^and 



4. Vineyards 



5. Woodlands 



6. Moorland, Commons, Pastures and other 



Uncultivated I,and 



(a) Orchards etc. 



(6) Gardens, other than Pleasure Gardens etc. 



(a) Arable lyand. 



(b) Quarries etc. 



(c) I,akes etc. 



(d) Yards etc. 



{e) Pleasure Grounds etc. 



(/) Railways etc. 



(?) I,and Built on etc. 



(«) Meadows etc. 



(a) Vineyards. 



(a) Woodland belonging to Private Owners 

 and Incorporated Bodies and not to the 

 State. 



(a) Moors, Commons etc. 



2. Comparison of the Total Areas. — The area of the holdings valued in 

 185 1 was 47, 955, 329 ha., taking into account the loss of territory after the 

 war of 1870-71. In 1879 the area was 50, 035,159 ha., including the depart- 

 ment of Corsica not included in the valuation of 185 1, and the departments of 

 Alpes-Maritimes, Savoie and Haute-Savoie, incorporated with France in 

 i860 ; in 1908 it was 49,986,743 ha., not including the State forests. 



It is observed that the total area valued in 1879, exclusive of the areas 

 in the four departments mentioned, was 17,245 ha. more than that valued 

 in 1851. The area valued in 1851 again exceeds that valued in 1908 by 

 more than 62, 738 ha. Finally, if we compare the areas for the whole of 

 France in 1879 and 1908, not excluding Corsica, Alpes.-Maritimes and Savoy, 

 we find a difference of more than 66,416 ha. in favour of the former year. 



These differences, not very considerable in themselves, are due to in- 

 creases and diminutions of the area of holdings, portions becoming sub- 

 ject to taxation or ceasing to be so; they are also to some extent due to the 

 incorporation of real estate with the State forest domains, which, while 

 stni subject to taxation, are not included in the figures compared. 



3. Areas of Land of Superior Quality and Land Cultivated in Various 

 Ways. The results given by the three valuations, as regards these areas, 

 may be smnmarised as follows (i). 



1851 1,337,947 ^• 



1879 S ''^^^'^ss " 



I 1,310,737 » 



o I 1,140,218 » 



'^"^ I 1,058,718 >. 



(1) As, in the valuation of 1851, Alpes-Maritimes, Corsica, Savoie and Haute-Savoie 

 were not included, it is only possible to compare the results given by it with those given 



