no ITAUAN SOMAULAND - AGRICULTURAI. ECONOMY IN GENERAI^ 



Balance Sheet of Crops. 



Receipts 5,ooo 



Expenditure 2,666 



Credit balance . . . 2,334 



The advances which the government should make in the first year, 

 excluding the costs properlj^ so called of establishing the domain, are there- 

 for^ as follows : 



fl) Travelling expenses 1,500 



b) Maintenance for one 3^ear . . 3,000 



c) Costs of working the property . 2,666 



Total . . . 7,161 



Second year. 



Expenses for 20 hectares under cultivation. 



Expenses for 20 hectares under cultivation, calculat- 

 ed according to the data taken for the first year . 4,970 

 Maintenance for one year 3,000 



Receipts. 

 Gross yield of 20 hectares at 500 liras each .... 10,000 



Balance sheet of Crops. 



Receipts 10,000 



Expenses 4,970 



Credit Balance . . . 5,030 



If the contract were to be cancelled even at the end of the first year 

 there would therefore be a margin almost sufficient to allow of the entire 

 restitution of the initial deposits. 



The head of every family should have a current account book of 

 which the credit side would be opened with an initial deposit of 5,000 liras. 

 From this deposit deductions would be made in cash or in kind on ac- 

 count for a special stores which would furnish means of subsistence and 

 the funds necessary for the cultivation of the land. When the 5'ear's 



