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Some of the most recent legislation for preserving economic holdings intact has been passed in Schwartzburg Sondarshansen [1]. A law of 1888 required the previous consent of the Provincial Governor before estates could be subdivided; but this was found to be inadequate. A "New Law against Sub-division of Land" passed in 1912 enacts that this consent to sub-division shall be given only on three conditions: -
(a) Payment of a fixed tax,
- ↑ Bulletin of the Bureau of social and Economic Intelligence for October 1912. 203
