[31] In June 1904.

[32] About 107 acres.

[33] One square verst is equal to 0·44 square mile.

[34] Cf. Novoye Vremya, October 5, 1914.

[35] His name is Dr. Fritz Wertheimer. His writings are to be found in various periodicals. The essay from which these data are taken was published in the Frankfurter Zeitung, January 8, 1916.

[36] Novoye Vremya, July 2, 1915.

[37] By a law sanctioned by the Tsar, in February 1915, the German Colonists of Southern and Western Russia were obliged to sell their land to Russian subjects, and they received ten months’ grace for the purpose.

[38] Cf. Contemporary Review, February 1911.

[39] Cf. Duma debates of August 1914.

[40] Cf. Novoye Vremya, August 17, 1915.