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soldiers, being quartered on and supported by farms
in different provinces. Nowadays, when the former
army system has been replaced by the ordinary
Continental form of conscription, these farms are let.
Their total area is 650,000 acres, of which 125,000
are under cultivation. Besides the above, about fifty
other farms belong to the State in the same manner,
some of these latter being old royal manors; others
formerly the houses of government officials; others
having been bought by the Finnish government
during their purchase of the old Russian domains; others
belonging to hospitals and similar institutions. The
total area of these is 55,000 acres, of which some
12,000 acres are under cultivation. Finally, the
rectors and vicars of the Lutheran Church hold
about 700 other farms, with a total area of 850,000
acres. This is about the same acreage as that held
by the nobles, but is of less value, because many of
these farms are situated in the north or in other
poor districts. The wives of the clergy take great
interest in the management of the farms, and, as a
rule, this glebe-land is even better cultivated than the
peasant farms.
In 1864, the exclusive right of the nobles to own
land entirely exempt from taxation was abolished, and
now anybody can own any kind of land. We shall
deal later with the liberty now granted to every one
to follow any industrial or commercial pursuit, and
with the abolition of all guilds and close corporations.
In every respect the old class privileges are abolished.
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