THE RESULTS OF INTERIOR COLONIZATION IN FINLAND II3 



Finland such hitherto unsuspected strength and new wealth as will contri- 

 bute to making a better future for the country. It should be mentioned that 

 the government and the representatives of the nation have taken this 

 problem seriously, and they will doubtless find for it in the near future a 

 happy solution ". 



It is with satisfaction that we can state that this prophec}' already 

 begins to be fulfilled and that colonizing activity has already borne good 

 fruit. It has led, as we have seen, to a progressive development of the 

 property of the colonists, and in so doing has indicated the lines which 

 the colonizing policy of Finland should follow in the future. 



