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4 In some countries where the law of inheritance 

 does not favour subdivision, the new legislation has 

 aimed at the partition of large estates, while in other 

 countries where the law of inheritance does favour 

 subdivision, the new legislation has aimed at the 

 enlargement and consolidation of the existing small 

 holdings. At first sight it may seem that this involves 

 the acceptance of two opposing principles, but in 

 reality this is not so, since the object in either case 

 is to create and to maintain reasonably sized and 

 reasonably situated economic holdings for peasant 

 farmers. 



5. To secure this end legislation has been drastic, 

 involving the principles of 



(a) Compulsory expropriation. 



(b) The compulsion of all concerned to accept 

 restripment when a certain fraction of the land-holders 

 desire it, and in some cases even without the desire 

 of a certain fraction. 



(c) Subsequent indivisibility of the reconstituted 

 holding. 



(d) The exemption of the reconstituted holding 

 from seizure for debt, involving the condition that 

 loans cannot be raised on the security of the holding. 



(e) Not allowing the reconstituted holding to be- 

 combined with other holdings. 



6. In all cases the extreme benefit that has resulted 

 from such remedial measures is clearly recognised 

 In some cases the value of the land is said to have 

 trebled, in other cases to have increased over 60 per 



