NOTICES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 8$ 

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the State should cede not only the 94,346 hectares already mentioned but 

 double that area, nameh 188,692 hectares, the value of which may be 

 computed, according to the prices usually paid to the State by settlers 

 acquiring land, as 2,075,612 crowns. 



The author then proposes that the appHcation of the projected reform 

 should not be obligatory but that the agas and the kmeti should have full 

 liberty to accept or reject it. It is however his opinion that both will re- 

 ceive it favourably, for the simple reason that the proposed division of lands 

 will be useful to both. This result would, he says, be reached f ai more easily if 

 the State declared itself ready to cede a part of its property to the agas and 

 the kmeti on condition these were in their turn ready to accept the applica- 

 tion of the agrarian reform in question at a given moment, that is to say be- 

 fore the special laws called Baltalik and Mezzas, which have reference to 

 the cession of State lands to the communes, were applied. 



This impulse given by the State would. Dr. Feifalik afhrnis, contribute to 

 an unhesitating acceptance on the part of the agas and the kmeti of a reform 

 which would be of general service. It would, as has already been said, 

 be optional. But while Dr. Feifalik maintains the usefulness of leaving to 

 the agas and the kmeti full liberty to accept or reject the proposed reform, 

 he is of opinion that there are exceptional cases in wliich the State would 

 have to compel the division of the lands on the lines indicated, even hav- 

 ing recourse sometimes to measures of force. 



These cases are the following : 



i) When a minority among the kmeti depending on a single aga op- 

 posed their majority who wished to accept the aforesaid proposed agrarian 

 reform. The author maintains that in this case the State should impose the 

 aforesaid reform on all the dissenting kmeti, especially if the lands culti- 

 vated by the latter were so situated in relation to those cultivated by the 

 kmeti favouring the reform that they would be an obstacle to its application. 

 It is the author's opinion that in the case of an obstinate opposition on the 

 part of these dissenting kmeti the State should compel them to migrate to 

 other localities. 



2) The second exceptional case would occur in the districts of Bos- 

 nia and Herzegovina within the war zone. The author advises that the 

 State should reserve the right within the war zone to render the applica- 

 tion of the agrarian reform obligatory where there seemed to be a^need 

 for it and also to have recourse to coercive measures where, for example, 

 there was question of expropriation or other such action. 



Proceeding to consider the territorial distribution of the State's landed 

 property the author remarks that the State domain, although in general 

 rich in land, is insufficient in the eight districts which border the Save. 

 Where these districts are concerned he proposes to compel the agas to cede 

 the lands thej^ possess in exchange for others lying in regions where the 

 landed property of the domain is more considerable or even excessive. 

 Should the agas in question oppose this plan the author proposes simply 

 that the law relative to the repurchase of lands should be apphed to these 

 districts. 



