98 RUSSIA - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



the colonists brought with them came, during the time of the enquiry, 

 to be represented by the different forms of capital invested in the farm. When 

 the land was taken over the capital in cash amounted to 11,296 Finnish 

 marks, averaging thus 133 Finnish marks for a lot and 13.25 for a hectare of 

 arable and meadowland. In Koskipaa the colonists possessed more than the 

 average sum, namely on an average 224 Finnish marks a lot ; in Siika- 

 jarvi the average amount possessed on a lot was less than the general aver- 

 age, being not more than 30 Finnish marks. 



On I July 1912 Koskipaa colony still held most capital in cash, aver- 

 aging 177 Finnish marks a lot ; while Nipuli, where such average was only 

 48 Finnish marks, held least. For all the colonies the decrease in capital 

 in cash per lot varied from 37 to 107 Finnish marks and averaged 43. An 

 increase in the average amount of cash held with a lot occurred only in Mud- 

 dais and Siikajarvi colonies. 



3. Capital not directly invested in Farming. 



The changes suffered by capital not directly invested in the farms, 

 but connected with the agriculture of the colonists and therefore 

 influencing the course and the results of their farming activities, will 

 be mentioned shortly. 



a) The capital in household goods and implements had the following 

 value : 



When the land was taken over 



Household goods 3, 519 Finnish marks 



implements. . . 2,139 » » 



5,658 Finnish marks 



On I July 191 2 



» goods 3,592 » » 



implements. . . 5,695 » » 



9,287 



Total increase in value 3,629 » » 



The increase is chiefly due to a multiplication of implements. The 

 yearly increase averages 9 Finnish marks for a lot and 0.79 Finnish marks 

 for an acre of arable and meadowland. 



b) The capital invested in other businesses decreased in the course 

 of the enquiry from 34,590 to 9,692 Finnish marks ; and such decrease was 

 made largely at the expense of the money invested in banks. When the 

 land was taken over the savings deposits of the colonists averaged 280 

 Finni.sh marks for each lot ; and on i July 1912 the deposits had been almost 



