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GREAT BRITAIN - AGRICULTURAIv ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



In 430 cases the Land Court fixed the fair rent to be paid for crofts with 

 which the Crofters' Commission had not dealt, and in a considerable number 

 of these cases arrears of rent were cancelled. 



County 



Old Rent 





Total 

 Amount 



Amount \ Z^ 

 ordered to be ^^ 



Aberdeen .... 



Arg>-ll 



Bute 



Caithness .... 

 Dumbarton . . . 



Elgin 



Forfar 



Inverness .... 

 Kincardine. . . . 



Orkney 



Perth 



Ross and Cromarty 

 Shetland 



Total . . . 



13 



5 



152 



I 

 6 



2 



14 

 I 



8 



2 



123 



82 



£ s d 



339 2 8 

 59 16 6 



135 12 4 



1,385 13 7 



10 o o 



41 o o 



34 o o 



94 19 3 

 29 12 o 



57 4 o 



34 13 7 



1.050 2 5 



423 5 8V2 



430 3,695 2 oVa 



209 I 



38 15 



81 3 



1,096 15 



6 o 



27 5 



16 5 



79 I 



12 10 



46 18 



24 10 

 794 18 o 

 314 19 



38.357 

 35-227 

 40.162 

 20.850 

 40.000 

 33-53'3 

 52.205 

 16.756 



57-77° 

 18.006 



29-352 



24-303 

 24.609 



2,748 



25-630 



22 7 o 

 685 18 o 



51 8 6 



80 7 3 

 22 16 3 



20 o o 



1,370 I 7 

 110 10 8 



2,363 9 3 



347 10 6 



33 19 o 



20 o o 



574 10 8 



45 9 o 



1,041 9 2 



100 

 49.392 



61.108 



57-753 

 100 



58.065 

 58.886 



55-935 



Thus total rents were reduced by more than a quarter, and more than 

 half the aggregate sum of arrears was cancelled. The reductions of rent 

 effected in the case of statutory small tenants were somewhat less drastic, 

 existing conditions under this form of tenure being on the whole more equi- 

 table. The following table gives details as to the 243 holdings of statutory 

 small tenants for which the Land Court fixed rents in 1915 : 



