The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

262 Laurence D. Stifel
TABLE 7
Location of Mortgagees (Lenders) and Mortgagors (Borrowers), 1910-1970
Ayuthia
Nakhon Pathom
No. of Average No. of Average
Cases % Size (Rai) Cases % Size (Rai)
l. Lender and Borrower
in the Village 260 34.2% 14.7 200 28.4% 21.9
2. Lender in the Village:
Borrower in Different
Village of Same District 21 2.8 16.7 10 1.4 16.4
Borrower in Different
District of Same Province 6 0.8 18.2 0.1 25·0
Borrower in Different
Province 5 0.7 5.4
3. Borrower in the Village:
Lender in Different
Village of Same District 199 26.3 18.3 309 43.8 28.8
Lender in Different
District of Same Province 96 12.7 . 24.2 40 5.7 21.1
Lender in Different
Province 48 6.3 25.8 38 5.4 29.6
4. Lender and Borrower
outside the Village 128 16.9 22.7 102 14.5 41.7
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Total 758 100.0% 18.9 705 100.0% 28.0
Note: The data above include cases of khaifaak, The village in each case refers to
where the land is situated. e.g. in .category 4, the mortgagor and mortgagee
both reside outside of the village where the mortgaged !and is situated.
While the conventional model may accurately depict the extreme
conditions of pure tenants, agricultural families which own no land, the
landlords in the Central Plain appear to have a more limited and economically
beneficial role for farmers who need to rent some hind. The