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cent.) ; land occupied as part wages (8- 16 percent.) ; service 

 land" (1*96 per cent.) ; and communal lands (6*89 per cent.). 

 It will be noticed that these percentages total up to more 

 than 100 ; some of the holdings are therefore included in more 

 than one category. The percentage of the total number of 

 agricultural holdings which were held under the more usual 

 methods of tenure, grouped according to size, may be given in 

 the following table : — 



Size of Holdings. 



Percentage of Holdings in each class occupied by 



Owner ex- 

 clusively. 



Tenant. 



Wholly. 



To the extent 

 of more than 

 half. 



To the extent 

 of less than 

 half. 1 



Under 5 acres 

 5 to 12^ acres 

 12^ to 50 acres - 

 50 to 247 acres - 

 247 acres and over 



All holdings 



Per cent. 

 31-18 

 43-62 



58-53 

 74-06 

 61-46 



Per cent. 

 25-68 ' 

 4-64 

 1-97 



3-54 

 19-91 



Per cent. 

 11-65 

 9-42 

 5-10 

 2-91 

 4-90 



Per cent. 

 I4"32 

 35 '49 

 28-S3 

 i6-i6 

 1275 1 



40-68 



16-43 



9-59 



20-89 j 



Some interesting points are brought out by this table. 

 It appears that it is in the case of farms of 50 to 250 acres 

 that the owners are most frequently found to be cultivating 

 the whole of their holdings, and this occurs least often in the 

 smallest areas. Holdings entirely farmed by the tenant, 

 however, practically exist only in the smallest and the 

 largest groups. A far greater proportion of the area is, 

 however, farmed by the owners themselves, this amounting 

 to no less than 86 per cent, of the total cultivated area, 

 while nearly \2\ per cent, is tenanted. As with the 

 number, the greatest proportion of rented areas are in 

 the very small and very large holdings. 



With respect to the methods of tenure not included in the 

 above table, the most interesting point is that, of the plots 

 under five acres, no less than 1 1 per cent, are occupied by 

 servants as part of their wages. 



