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HUNGARY

Production and Industry. I.— AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY.

The cultivation of the soil is the head of the industries of Hungary, since (if we inchide the forests) it furnishes employment to 60 '55 per cent, of the ])opulation ; and if family and house servants he included, the proportion rises to 62 '45 per cent.

According to an official statement of 1893, the ownership of land in Hungary Proper was as follows : —

Ownership

Acres

Per- centage of total area

Ownership

Acres

Per- 1 centage of total area

State.

Foundation.

Railways

Fideicoinmiss

Parishes

Joint properties (be- longing to several owners)

3,96-2,673

353,926

59,695

3,331 843

7,949,974

4,006,413

5-67 0-51 0-09 4-76 11-37

6-59

Companies. Church Educational. Private.

Total.

617,501

3,228,737

189,126

45,631,540

69,931,428

0-87

4-62

0-27

65-25

100 00

According to a statement of 1888 the size of properties in Hungary and the number of proprietors was : —

Total Area (approxi-

—

Number

iiiatel}' calculated).

Acres 21,489,900

Under 43 acres

2.348,107

43 — 286 ,,

118,981

9 639,600

286 — 1,430 „

13,757

20,363,200

1,430 — 14,300 ,,

4,695

9,523,800

Over 14,300 ,,

231

5,619,900

According to the agricultural census of 1895, the numherof properties was 3,411,686 ; the area ot pro])erties managed by the owners, 28,008,676 hectares ; the area of usufruct ])ro]»erties, 921,025; of rented properties, 3,403,519; total area of the properties, 32,333,220 hectares.

Distribution of properties as to the different branches of culture in 1895: —

Branch of culture

Arable land.

Gardens

Meadows and pasturi

Vineyards

Woodlands.

Reed -bank

Infertile area.

Hectares

Percentage of total area

Totals

13,394,705

1 41-43

430,934

1-33

7,564,185

23-40

331,751

1 03

8,987,243

27-80

84,051

0-25

1,540,351

4-76

32,333,220

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