Funding
The funding for the Commission was:
- 1886 100 million marks
- 1898 100 million marks
- 1908 150 million marks
- 1913 500 million marks.
By 1914 the overall funding for the Commission was 955 million marks. Additional funds were awarded to assistance projects such crediting bankrupt German estates (125 million marks in 1908).
Due to operations of the Commission the price of land in Polish territories rose in response. The economical attempt to Germanise those areas failed and with the beginning of World War I German authorities and leading members of Commission started to look for new ways to secure German foothold on Polish territory.
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