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RUSSIA - AGRICUI,TURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



facts as to the part taken by the colonist families in the work on and outside 

 the farms, and the returns of the farms to the families. It has been possible 

 to calculate only the interest on the capital invested in the farms. As the 

 result of the enquiry into the net profits of the 85 lots the>' have been, from 

 this point of view, classified in three groups. The first group includes five 

 colonists' farms which have suffered a reduction of capital : namely two in 

 Muddais where such reduction has been of I per cent, and 4 per cent. , and 

 three in Nipuli where it has been of 2 per cent., 6 per cent, and 34 per cent. 



The second group includes two farms which show at most a net profit 

 of 5 per cent, on the capital invested in them. They are a colonLst' s lot in 

 Nipuli and one in Koskipaa on which the yearly increase is 2 per cent, 

 of the capital. 



The third group comprises 78 farms of which the capital has increased 

 animalh'' by 5 per cent, or more of its amount. In this group the colonists' 

 farms have made a return not only of such 5 per cent, interest on capital 

 but also of a surplus, distributed among the lots as follows : 



If the proportions obtaining within single colonies be studied the sur- 

 plus, after 5 per cent, interest on capital has been deducted, is found to 

 be as follows : 



Name of Colony 



Amount of surplus on a lot 



Average for i lot 



Niptdi 



Koskipaa 



Siikajarvi 



Takkula 



Muddais 



Sippola 



Seppala 



Average for whole area 



15 'o 358 Finnish marks 



77 » 714 » 



82 » 550 » » 



23 » 937 » » 



43 » 1,101 » 



74 " 1.070 » » 



472 i> 1,094 " " 



15 to 1,101 Finnish marks 



84 Finnish marks 

 284 

 314 



396 » 



407 

 565 

 783 



355 Finnish marks 



