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Rh Number of male peasants who redeemed the land with State help Number of acres redeemed Value of the land, in roubles. Average price of the allotment Average size of allotment, in acres Average price of the acre Average former debt of the landowner to the State mortgage bank, per allotment Average sum paid to the landlord, per allotment ........ Russia Western Provs. 6,641,836 61,575,821 704,018,004 106r. Oc. 9-4 llr. 43c. 37r. 32c. 68r. 68c. 2,516,919 25,517,788 162,506,668 64r. 57c. 100 6r. 37c. 26r. 99c. 37r. 58c.

Moreover, 109,791 leaseholders redeemed their allotments (2,100,000 acres), for the sum of 24,349,890 roubles, in South Russia and the Western Provinces, according to the laws of 1868-88, which recognise private ownership of land.

In Central Russia 66 per cent. of the arable land is under crops; in South Russia 78 per cent.; in North and in South-east Russia 10 per cent.; and in Astrakhan only 8 per cent. In 1896, the areas under crops were:—

— 1 Acres European Russia Poland North Caucasia. Siberia^ .... Central Asia^ 170,253,400 10,284,650 9,459,440 8,402,000 2,495,800 Russian Empire^. 200,895,290 1 Incorai)lete.

Crops.—The cereal crops of Russia (exclusive of Finland) for the last six years are seen from the following, in thousands of quarters for all sorts of grain, and in thousands of tons for potatoes:—