|Owning from 5 to 15 dessiatines| 52 | 49 | 41 | 42 | |Owning above 15 dessiatines | 23 | 36 | 36 | 49 | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +-------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ [141] Peasant land held in lease for long terms: +-------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ | | Lessees. | Land. | | +-----------+--------------+------------+---------------+ | Districts. | | Per cent. | | Per cent. | | |Households.|(total lessees|Dessiatines.|(total in lease| | | | = 100). | | = 100). | +-------------+-----------+--------------+------------+---------------+ |Zadonsk | 179 | 5 | 801 | 8 | |Korotoyak | 400 | 7 | 4090 | 22 | |Nizhnedevitsk| 238 | 4 | 1061 | 6 | +-------------+-----------+--------------+------------+---------------+ [142] _Rental Prices per 1 Dessiatine._ _In yearly lease._ _For long terms._ _Districts._ _Rubles._ _Rubles._ Zadonsk 9.34 6.28 Korotoyak 8.45 5.81 Nizhnedevitsk 8.71 6.17 [143] +---------------------+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | Price per |Net profit,| | Districts. |Dessiatines.|Per cent.|dessiatine,| per cent. | | | | | rubles. | | +---------------------+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+ | _Korotoyak_: | | | | | |Rented for long terms| 4090 | 100 | 5.81 | | |Re-rented | 990.5 | 24 | 7.14 | 23 | | _Nizhnedevitsk_: | | | | | |Rented for long terms| 1061 | 100 | 6.17 | | |Re-rented | 138 | 13 | 10.09 | 63 | +---------------------+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+ We find, however, some cases wherein communal land was used for the purposes of farming on a large scale. The community was bound to combine the plots annually into one tract for the use of the lessee, who was often a merchant and a stranger to the community (_Statistical Reports for the Gubernia of Ryazañ_, Vol. II., Part I., p. 272, No. 6; p. 283, No. 5; p. 301, No. 5.)