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From this table it appears that the large number of colonists whose net 

 profits when the land was taken over were between 500 and 2000 Finnish 

 marks, was notably increased before the close of the enquiry. The colo- 

 nists having net profits between 2000 and 6000 Finnish marks also became 

 more numerous, in spite of the number whose profits came to be from 6,000 

 to 10,000 Finnish marks and more. 



§ 8. Interest, Wx\ges of i^abour and wages of enterprise. 



After he has shown the total results of the colonists' farming and the 

 total increase of their propert5^ the author seeks to describe the origin and 

 constitution of this increase. As has been stated several times the ground 

 rent is not included in the net profits of the colonists as here established by 

 the author. The net profits have three constituents : interest on the capi- 

 tal invested in the farm, wages for the colonists' agricultural labour and wa- 

 ges for their enterprise. 



As to the last two of these constituents it has been impossible to de- 

 termine them because there are no data from bookkeeping and calculable 



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