TOTAL EXPENDED.
| Householders. | Rubles. | Per cent. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own produce. | Market produce. | Own produce. | Market produce. | |
| Gabriel Trupoff | 309.00 | 219.21 | 59 | 41 |
| Kosma Abramoff | 586.80 | 714.45 | 45 | 55 |
| Districts in the gubernia of Voronezh. | Households buying in the market. | Households selling produce. | Households consuming their total produce. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Per cent. | Number. | Per cent. | ||
| Zadonsk | 15,528 | 8,094 | 51 | 7,610 | 49 |
| Korotoyak | 20,232 | 18,769 | 93 | 1,463 | 7 |
| Nizhnedevitzk | 20,051 | 18,558 | 93 | 1,493 | 7 |
Those households which purchased in the market without selling produce, earned the necessary money by selling their own labor force, which is shown by figures in the same Reports. (L. c.)
[43] Taxes constitute but a minor part—though a very considerable one—of the money expenditure; and the receipts drawn from sale of produce exceed by far the sum paid in taxes. The respective items are contrasted in the following table:
| Districts in the gubernia of Voronezh. | Money expenditure for the needs of the farmer (rubles). | Taxes (rubles). | Receipts from sale of produce (rubles). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zadonsk | 784,061 | 271,729 | 390,178 |
| Korotoyak | 1,017,727 | 504,608 | 1,280,206 |
| Nizhnedevitzk | 1,069,013 | 511,285 | 1,326,110 |
[44] Cf. Table II., in the Appendix. In this table, land and stock, the principal instruments of production in Russian agriculture, give the comparative standard of the peasant’s life.
[45] At the time of the reform it was ostentatiously declared by the government that the person of the serf would be freed without any compensation to the master.