86 HRYTHREA - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



These 11,053 hectares are divided as follows : 



3,420.7204 hectares on the high plateau, populated by Abyssinians and 

 recognized as part of the domain by a special governor's decree ; 



5,339.8071 hectares in the plain, towards the sea and in the Mendri 

 Bahari — the concessions in the plain adjoining the sea are part of the lands 

 considered as belonging to the domain because populated by Mussulmans ; 



2,292.6099 hectares in the interior of the colony in lands inhabited by 

 Mussulman populations beyond the high plateau. 



If they be considered in the light of the objects for which they were 

 granted the concessions are distributed as follows : 



1 13.9051 hectares. Special grants to missions, churches, convents and 

 small farms o* building sites, in locahties in which, according to the pro- 

 visions earlier in force, the grant of lands for building was not allowed. 



1,330.1912 hectares granted to agricultural settlers, solely or chiefly 

 occupied with agriculture. 



1,199.8869 to settlers for whom agriculture was a secondary occupation, 

 they being chiefly occupied by a trade. 



8,409.15:12 granted for purposes of industry to societies or firms hav 

 ing capital. This category includes the concessions fulfilling an industrial 

 object because of their extent, or because special crops are grown in them 

 or special systems adopted for their cultivation. 



In the period from i November 1902 to December 1912, and according 

 to results obtained by the Erythrean mission of A. Omodeo, V. PegHon 

 and G. Valenti (i), 289 grants were made of a total extent of some 26,000 

 hectares, in which the large and sometimes indeterminate concessions for 

 the cultivation of industrial crops were included. These concessions can 

 be classified as follows according to their extent : 



Number 

 of concessions 



50 



138 



57 



21 



II 



5 



More than" 1000 7 



Total .... 289 



(i) Rome, Bertero, lui 3. 



