THE ACTIVITY OF THE STATE LAND BANK FOR THE NOBILITY 



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A comparison of data for previous years with those of 191 5 gives the 

 following table, which makes clear the large diminution of redemptions 

 in 1915. 



Table VIII. — Voluntary Redemptions from 1910 to 1915.' 



Redanption 



I9IO. 

 I9II. 

 I9I2. 



1913- 

 I9I4. 



1915- 



Percentage of debts 

 redeemed 



Area freed 



from 

 mortgages 



deciatines 



239.144 

 401,529 

 232,917 

 247.334 

 148.334 

 97.043 



Smns 



intended 



for 



redemption 



roubles 



7,228,170 

 11,386,067 

 6,716,872 

 7.236,954 

 5,179.433 

 1,616,066 



Sums 



paid 



by the 



nobility 



/o 



0.7 



O.I 



0.8 

 0.9 

 0.7 



Sums 



paid 



by others 



than nobles 



% 



6.1 

 8.6 

 5-4 

 5-3 



3-8 

 T.3 



Percentage of mortgaged 

 land emancipated 



Lands 



belongins 



to 



nobles 



% 



I.I 



1.2 

 0.9 

 1.2 

 0.8 



0-5 



Lands 



belonging 



to others 



than nobles 



% 



5-6 

 12.9 

 6.7 

 7-3 

 1-7 

 1-7 



This table shows one fact which is not without interest, namely that 

 the most important redemptions are made by persons who do not belong 

 to the nobility. 



The total number of properties mortgaged to the bank which changed 

 ownership during 1915 was 1544. Their total area was 691,983 deciatines 

 and they were burdened wdth a total mortgage debt of 29,443,300 roubles 

 which changed ownership with them. 



These properties were distributed as follows among the classes of so- 

 ciety : 



Table IX. — Sale in 1915 of Properties mortgaged to the Bank of the Nobility. 



Purchasers 



1. Hereditary nobility . . . 



2. Institutions (largely the 

 Bank of Agriculturists) . . 



3. Peasants 



4. Middle class 



5. Traders 



6. Various others . . . , . 



Total .... 



The data as to the alienation of properties mortgaged to the bank 

 during the fifteen last years are also of notable interest. The alienations 

 were as follow s : . 



