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b) Capital in live stock. The capital in live stock rose in value between 

 the time when the lots were taken over and that at which the enquiry 

 was completed from 53,549 to 100,190 Finnish marks. Thus the increase 

 was one of 47,641 Finnish marks or 87.1 percent. The average value on each 

 lot, when taken over, of this capital was 630 Finnish marks, and on i July 

 1912 it was 1,179 Finnish marks. For a hectare of arable and meadowland 

 the average value was 63.38 Finnish marks at the earlier and 110.37 

 Finnish marks at the later date. The live stock was of least value in Siika- 

 jarvi, where it averaged 651 Finnish marks a lot, and of greatest value in 

 Koskipaa, where it averaged 2,245 Finnish marks a lot. The total increase 

 in the value of the capital in live stock averaged 549 Finnish marks a 

 lot, varying from 145 to 983 Finnish marks in the different colonies. 



If the live stock be divided into the two groups of cattle and horses, 

 and their value from the time when the colonies were first established until 

 the close of the period of enquiry be calculated, the average increase in 

 their respective values on a single lot and on a hectare of arable and 

 meadowland is as follows : 



Cattle. 



For a lot 



» I hectare arable and mead- 

 owland 



Percentage of whole capital in 

 live stock 



Horses. 



For a lot 



» I hectare arable and mead- 

 owland 



Percentage of whole capital in 

 live stock 



When land 

 was taken over 



Finnish marks 



429 

 43-25 

 68% 



201 



20.13 

 31.9 % 



I July 1912 

 Finnish marks 



763 

 71.44 



64-7 % 



416 



38.93 

 35-3% 



Amount of increase 

 Finnish marks 



334 



28.19 



215 



18.80 



It thus appears clearly that the capital in live stock has greatly in- 

 creased on the colonists' lots. The value is distributed among the groups of 

 holdings, classified according to size, as follows : 



