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 SiZE OF LAND HOLDINGS 228 entrusted to such Commissions. Under the law of 1888 restriping could be enforced upon the application of half the landholders affected, but nn. dm a recent law restriping can be enforced upon the apphcaton of one-third of. the land- holders affected, provided that they enjoy half the net yield o[ the parcels o! land to be restriped. Much work of this nature has been accomplished and it is recorded that "wherever restriping has been carried ont it has realised the results expected from it, increased the yield o! the land and reduced the cost o! production." x Spain The work .undertaken .by the Government with a view to the economic regeneration of farms in Spain a falls nnder hree heads (1) Splitting up big states, (2) Uniting scattered parcels into economic holdings, (8) Bringing' waste and unreclaimed land under cultivation. Expropriation is permitted in the case of splitting up big holdings, and also in the case of restriping when it is necessary for the sake of providing each farm area sufficient for economical farming. Specially aided co-operative institntions are into existence to aid these colonies of homestead with an rought farms. Deanlark In Denmark there is in each Department a Commission for the creation of small economic holdings. Between 1909 and 1914 the State has advanced sums amounting to ereres for this purpose. The econo- cannot be sub-divided nor united the equivalent o! Rs. 1 mm holdings so creaed with other land. Sweden In Sweden was commenced tiens were the work of reconstituting peasants' farms a centnry ago. The objects of the opera- passed in 1821 is the law I/b/d., Apr;l 1912, May 191. /b/d., Deoember 1912, 8/b/d., !goh I12. still in force under which the (a) To create compact holdings out of scattered tots, (b) To enlarge farms which were too small to an area that would admit of economical farming. The first law was passed in 1807, and an amended law