%0 Article
%T Taxation and partitioning of land in counties of Kuusamo, Kemijärvi and Kuolajärvi
%A Pekkala, Mauno
%D 1921
%J Acta Forestalia Fennica
%V 21
%N 5
%R doi:10.14214/aff.7069
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/7069
%X <p>The article is a detailed review on the problems in the general parceling out of land (isojako) in Kuusamo, Kemijärvi and Kuolanjärvi counties from the context of forest policy. The disputes about division of the land originate from military tenure contracts (knihtikohtrahti) made with the local tenants in 1700s. Later some counties got alleviations in the contracts concerning taxation and partition of land. These alleviations delayed the parceling out of land in the area. According to the article, from the forest policy point of view, the inhabitants in Kuusamo, Kemijärvi and Kuolanjärvi were conveyed disproportionately large forest properties from the state due to the military tenure contracts. This gave them undue benefits from the state compared to the neighbouring counties.</p><p>The PDF includes a summary in German.</p>