34 Agricultural Holdings in Germany. 



British holding (excluding those of i acre and less) is over 

 62 J acres, while that of a German is 21 J. 



Size of Holdings, 



Germany. 



Great Britain. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



5-50 acres 

 50-500 acres - 

 Over 500 acres 



Total - 



32,126,000 

 28,191,000 

 15,522,000 



42-3 

 37 -2 

 20-5 



4,533,000 

 23,875,000 

 3,803,000 



14-1 



74-1 

 II-8 



75,839,000 



lOO" 



32,211,000 



100 • 



Still more noticeable, however, are the differences in the 

 method of tenure in the two countries. In the following- 

 classification of holdings to illustrate this feature, the third 

 group does not represent absolutely the same persons in the 

 two countries, in so far as, while the holdings in this group in 

 Great Britain are " partly tenanted and partly owned,'' in 

 Germany they are partly tenanted and partly held under 

 some other system. But these other systems of tenure are 

 not in fact numerous, and almost all the land so held is in 

 the holdings of less than 5 acres ; it follows therefore that 

 the very large majority of the partly tenanted holdings are, 

 g,s with ourselves, partly tenanted and partly owned, and the 

 comparison with the British returns may be taken as 

 sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. The following 

 table thus shows the proportion of holdings occupied by 

 owner and tenant in three groups of areas : — 



Tenure. 



Germany. 



Great Britain. 



5-50 

 acres. 



50-500 

 acres. 



Over 500 

 acres. 



5-50 



acres. 



50-500 

 acres. 



Over 500 

 acres. 



Occupied wholly 



by owner - 

 Occupied wholly 



by tenant - 

 Occupied partly by 



tenant 



Per cent. 

 54*4 

 3-5 

 42-1 



Per cent. 

 76-0 

 4-2 

 19-8 



Per cent. 

 627 

 22-3 

 15-0 



Per cent. 

 1 1 -4 

 84-2 

 4 '4 



Per cent 



97 

 85-9 

 4*4 



Per cent. 

 22-6 

 69-1 

 8-3 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



