With a total area of 9,570,450 hectares,
the Principality of Bulgaria contains:
(1) 2,156,701*05
hectares of inhabited area, roads, rivers, etc.; in all 22*54 per cent, of the
total area.
(2) 2,867,870*79
hectares of forest; 29*96 of the total area.
(3) 2,975,386*21
hectares of arable land; 31*09 p.c. of the total area.
(4) 352,404*36
hectares of meadow land; 3*68p.c. of the total area.
(5) 124,680*08
hectares of gardens, orchards, rose gardens and vineyards; 1*30 p.c. of the
total area.
(6) 123,207*64
hectares of marshes, reed beds, islands, thickets, and salt marshes ; 1*29 p.c.
of the total area.
(7) 970,199*87
hectares of pasture land, 10*14 p.c. of the total area.
We see from these figures that the total
area of ground susceptible of cultivation is 4,422,670*52 hectares, or 46*21
p.c. of the area of the country. Governmental statistics prove that the greater
part of the arable land and of that suited to any kind of culture comes more
and more under cultivation. About the year 1892 2,623,312 hectares were being
cultivated, that is 59*30 p.c. About the year 1897 these figures rose to
3,452,470*65 hectares, 78 p.c. The remaining 22 p.c. is pasture land.
As regards ownership, the total area of the
Principality is divided into:
(1) Private
property: 3,977,55772 hectares, or 41*56 p.c. of the total area.
(2) Parish
property: 2,291,156*50 hectares, or 23*94 p.c. of the total area.
(3) Inhabited
area, rivers, roads : 2,156,701*05 hectares, or 22*54 p.c. °f the total area.
(4) State
property : 1,015,903*23 hectares, or IO*6I p.c. of the total area.
(5) Property
belonging to churches, schools, monasteries, etc.: 29,131*50 hectares, or 1*35
p.c. of the total area.
Total: 9,570,450 hectares.
Inhabited area
So that, without counting the inhabited
area, rivers, roads, etc., the area that can be turned to account is
7,413,748*95 hectares, 3»977»5577a °f which belong to private owners;
3,428,466*9 hectares belong to 546,084 proprietors who live on their own land;
599,090*8 hectares belong to 253,504 proprietors who do not live on those
lands.
The following table gives details relating
to the distribution of the property of the former class:
Number
of Proprietors. Area of
each property. Total area of the
properties of each class.
1 65,870 up to 5 ddcar. 157,227*2
d4c.
2 37,256 from 5
to 10 99 278,367*9
..
3 59,735 10 to 20 99 895,795’6
4 54,841 •9 20
to 30 99 1,373,820*1 „
5 49,637 99 30
to 40 99 1,735,5i5 5 ..
6 44,093 99 40
to 50 99 1,982,240*6 „
7 85,177 99 50
to 75 99 5,254.165*9 „
8 53,4*8 99 75
to 100 »» 4,618,268*4 „
9 53,oi8 99 100
to 150 99 6,419,925 »
zo 21,108 99 150
to 200 99 3,621,738*7 „
IT 14,112 f» 200
to 300 99 3,390,952*9 „
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