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... land tenure has been much debated . His words are : No one has a fixed measure of land as private property ; but the magistrates and leading men distribute every year to the clans and groups of kinsmen [ what follows in the Latin text ...
... land tenure has been much debated . His words are : No one has a fixed measure of land as private property ; but the magistrates and leading men distribute every year to the clans and groups of kinsmen [ what follows in the Latin text ...
Page 53
... land , the Hufe , comprising 60 to 100 acres ( 25 to 40 hectares ) , was conceived of as the amount of land , arranged into one or several strips , that was necessary for growing enough crops or for maintain- ing sufficient livestock to ...
... land , the Hufe , comprising 60 to 100 acres ( 25 to 40 hectares ) , was conceived of as the amount of land , arranged into one or several strips , that was necessary for growing enough crops or for maintain- ing sufficient livestock to ...
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... land of urban Hong Kong amounts to no more than about 20 square miles , land reclamation has proved a profitable enterprise . Long - continued and large - scale land reclamation has re- sulted in changes in the coastline . The filling ...
... land of urban Hong Kong amounts to no more than about 20 square miles , land reclamation has proved a profitable enterprise . Long - continued and large - scale land reclamation has re- sulted in changes in the coastline . The filling ...
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