======================+===========+===========+==============+============= | Pauperism | |Percentage of |Ratio of the | Number | To 100 |Crimes against|Percentage of |of Indigent| of the | Property to | the Crimes Provinces. |Persons in |Population.|100,000 of the| against |the Poorest| | Population. | Property |Districts. | | | to that of | | | | Pauperism. ----------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------+------------- Posen | 536,495 | 36.1 | 32.89 | 0.91 : 1 Prussia | 792,948 | 27.6 | 24.69 | 0.89 : 1 Pomerania | 314,383 | 22.6 | 20.57 | 0.91 : 1 Silesia | 517,528 | 15.2 | 36.94 | 2.43 : 1 +-----------+-----------+--------------+------------- Total of Eastern group| 2,161,354 | 23.6 | 115.09 | 4.91 : 1 | | | | Rhenish provinces | 397,350 | 12.0 | 5.59 | 0.46 : 1 Brandenburg | 84,011 | 3.4 | 26.27 | 7.72 : 1 Westphalia | 45,849 | 2.8 | 9.21 | 3.29 : 1 Saxony | 259,901 | 1.3 | 18.33 | 14.10 : 1 +-----------+-----------+--------------+------------- Total of Western group| 553,111 | 5.9 | 59.40 | 25.57 : 1 ======================+===========+===========+==============+============= Another thing that strikes him is the influence of the small landed proprietor. “The possession of even a small piece of property in land ... is no slight preventative of crime against property.” [54] The author gives the following statistical summary. He ranks in the class of small land holdings estates of 30 acres [55] and below. The total amounts to 10,655,460 acres to 1,716,535 estates, with an average of 6 acres. There were in the following provinces: Posen 57,519 of these estates, or 1 to 25 inhabitants. Prussia 93,793 ,, ,, ,, 30 ,, Pomerania 61,752 ,, ,, ,, 22 ,, Silesia 230,710 ,, ,, ,, 14 ,, ------- Total of the Eastern group 443,774 ,, ,, ,, 18 ,, Rhenish provinces 788,473 ,, ,, ,, 4 ,, Brandenburg 112,532 ,, ,, ,, 22 ,, Westphalia 197,383 ,, ,, ,, 8 ,, Saxony 174,373 ,, ,, ,, 11 ,, --------- Total of Western group 1,272,761 ,, ,, ,, 8 ,,