89G
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
100-00
