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 22. In connection with the supplementary allotment of lands among individual farms it is necessary exactly to compute the quantity and quality of the lands held by them according to kind (arable, pasture, meadow, etc.), the number of cattle according to stock, the composition of the family in respect of LP., mouths, etc.

23. When determining the supplementary allotment of lands among individual farms on the basis of the normal food-and-labour unit it is necessary to increase the allotment in proportion (1) to the excessive number of non-able-bodied mouths as compared with the LP., in the family; (2) to the poor quality of the lands already held by the family; and (3) to the quality of the land, arable or meadow, in the Land Reserve, out of which the allotment is to be made.

24. In the case of supplementary allotment of lands on the basis of the normal food-and-labour unit, should the quantity of lands of any kind be insufficient in a given district, the family is to be allotted a corresponding quantity of land of another kind.

26. When land is intended not for agriculture, but for cultural and educational or industrial purposes as well as for buildings for personal needs, or for the pursuit of cattle-breeding, horticulture, and other farming pursuits, the quantity of land to be allotted must be determined by the local Soviets in accordance with the needs of the persons or bodies applying for the use of the land, and with the social utility of the purpose for which the land has been applied.

27. If the Free Land Reserve in a given zone proves insufficient to supply with supplementary allotments those who hold insufficient land, some of the latter may be settled in another zone where there is a sufficiency of free lands.

28. The transfer of agriculturists from one zone to another must be preceded by a resettlement of the agriculturists within that zone.

29. Both the transfer from one zone to another and the resettlement within the same zone must be carried out in such a wise that those most distant from the lands of the Land Reserve