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More than half the parcels contain both houses 

 and fields. Less than a third are planted but not 

 inhabited — accounted for, in part, by families who 

 live in the fwndo but who plant on outlying par- 

 cels. Only two parcels have dwellings but no 

 fields. 95 



In Tajin 167 families live on parcels. Of them, 

 16 give public labor on Ojital centers; although 

 they have not been included in our census, they 

 should be taken into consideration here, for they 

 live on Tajin lands. Of the total of 114 parcels, 



6 are considered part of Ojital, as are halves of 2 

 others (map 8, Nos. 55, 58). If we deduct these 



7 Ojital parcels, we have a total of 107 for Tajin. 

 At this point, our families are reduced to 166, for 

 one Tajin family lives on an Ojital parcel which 

 is eliminated from the count. In short, we have 

 a total of 166 families spread over 107 parcels. 

 Density of dwellings within parcels may be sum- 

 marized as follows : 



Number of Number of 

 Parcels occupied by : parcels families 



1 family only 27 27 



Do \5 1 



Do \5 1 



2 families 16 32 



3 families 10 30 



4 families 5 20 



5 families 3 15 



6 families 4 24 



8 families 2 16 



Vacant parcels 13 



Parcels with fields, no dwellings 2 26 



Total 107 166 



5 Two half parcels, Nos. 55 and 58, of map 8, each occupied by 

 a lone family. 



"Exclusive of 5 Ojital parcels, with fields but no dwellings. 



In other words, 27 of the 107 parcels are occupied 

 by a lone family, and 8 families is the maximum 

 density per parcel. Only two (map 8, Nos. 73, 97) 

 are so heavily peopled, and in neither case is the 

 land sufficient. In one instance, half the families, 

 and in the other, all 8, have fields elsewhere. 



Table 4 is based on map 8, together with some 

 supplementary data for the families who live in 

 the fvmdo. In order to have the table intelligible, 

 we must first explain our definition of parcel own- 

 ership. Tn most cases, a parcel is legally in the 



"In one case (No. 97) the family is numerous and the parcel 

 contains eight dwellings : the occupants plant exclusively on their 

 own and on rented lands in adjacent parcels. In the other case 

 (No. 19C) the owners have another parcel fragment nearby, 

 which is where they have elected to plant. 



Table 4. — Land oicnership and utilization 



Parcel ownership or rental 



Families 

 resident in 



Plantings in 



Tajfn 



Else- 

 where 



Tajin 



Else 

 where 



Parcel owners. 



a. Live ou own parcel; plant exclu- 

 sively within it 



6. Live on own parcel; do not plant. . 



c. Live on own parcel; plant it and 



another, likewise own propercy.. 



d. Live on own parcel: do not plant 



it, but another or others, like- 

 wise own property 



e. Live on own parcel; plant it and 



another, latter rented 



f. Live on own parcel; do not plant 



it, but 2 ethers, one rented, 

 one own property 



73 

 2 



18 



18 

 13 



1 



11 



i 



i 









 









 













 







1 



73 

 



34 



19 

 22 



2 



11 

 4 



2 

 o 





 



i 2 



' 2 

 '4 







a. Live on own parcel; plant exclu- 

 sively on rented parcel or 

 parcels 



h. Live on rented parcel- plant own 

 parcel 1 



i. Live mjundo: plant own parcel 



j. Live in fundo: plant own parcel 

 and an additional rented one 



k. Live in Tlahuanapa; plant own 

 parcels in Tajin 



i 1 





 'I 











Subtotal 



149 



1 



173 : 10 







Parcel renters: 



I. Live on rented parcel; plant 

 exclusivelv within it 



1? 

 2 



5 

 1 



19 

 1 

 





 





 

 

 

 2 



17 

 4 



5 

 

 18 

 

 2 



' 1 



m. Live on rented parcel; plant it, 

 as well as another rented parcel.. 



n. Live on rented parcel; do not 

 plant it, but another rented 







1 1 



c. Live on rented parcel; do not 







p. Live in fundi- plant rented parcel 



»3 



q. Live on rented parcel; plant in 

 Ooatzintla 



« 1 



r. Live in Papantla; plant rented 

 parcel, Tajin 











Subtotal 



46 



2 



40 



6 







Neither own nor rent parcels: 



s. Live in fundo; do not own or rent 

 ps^repls; rlo not. plant 



7 



















Total 



202 

 16 



3 



222 



16 



Less families who live in 

 Tajin, but give labor in 















1S6 

















i Ojital. 



2 2, Ojital; 2, Tlahuanapa. 



3 Tlahuanapa. 

 * Coatzintla. 



name of a single individual, often the one who 

 acquired the land in the 1876 subdivision, al- 

 though, quite naturally, few of the original pur- 

 chasers still survive. Upon the death of one, the 

 heirs, usually the sons, have continued paying 

 taxes in the name of the deceased, because the offi- 

 cial charges for changing the land records are dis- 

 proportionately high. Under the circumstances, 

 the legal owner may be long since defunct, and 

 the actual owners are his sons or perhaps even his 

 grandsons. Patrilineal inheritance of land is 

 marked and, incidentally, accords well with To- 

 tonac preference for patrilocal residence. 



