Muni.cipal Land Holdings.
When the inner walls were given over in 1902 naturally the land
on which buildings have previously been prohib-
To compensate the town for its great out-
outside this boundary,
ited, rose greatly in value.
lay in buying the fortress, for razing the walls, for building many new
streets, the municipal authorities deemed it essential that the town
purse and not the former proprietors of the land take the benefit of
the great rise of the price cf land. It was not possible to acquire
the above-said profit in the form of taxes, therefore it was necessary
that the town council should buy as large a part of the land as poss-
itle which was expected to rise in price before the fortress was given
over. With this imp or tant and difficult enterprise the twdn council,
lead by its mayor, Mr. von Wagener, began in 189l to buy as much land
The following table shows the details of the purchase.
sold
ha ar gm
32 59 M
95 83
4 44 58
2 54 25
3 54 07
1 65 25
7 64 57
9 50 65
5 56 29
2 13 32
3 12 23
3 80 4
38 68 62
13 69 59
41 12 10
6 44 48
16 11 30
2 66 96
T63 97 05
as possible.
year bought
ha ar qm
total price
total price
13700
36286
38325
35617
273415
115272
459215
248646
428602
203010
148766
208772
257766
557466
2037613
454608
1063638
242500
F992
1891/92 2 15 80 M 53792
322346
29534
36433
131977
119736
542084
178975
165250
184229
155549
92968
179172
673940
1193867
788149
484845
1892/93 63 47 20
1893/94 l 64 45
3 55 90
1894/95
1895/96 8 33 93
1896/97 3 63 50
1897/98 37 69 68
1898/99
8 89 28
1899/00 46 65 02
1900/01 32 44 25
1901/02
8 64 53
1902/03 4 89 09
1903/04 80 88 00
1904/05 45 37 46
1905/06 58 99 49
1906/07 24 79 76
1907/08 31 51 17
o
1908/09 25 94 94 505976
5838822
489 53 45
bought 489 ha or 1208 acres, total price 5,858,822 M or 1,390,000
Sold
land profit325 ha or 804 acres,noney proiit 1,020,370 M or $
6,859,192 M or $ 1,633,000
243,000
163 ha or 404
