Percentage of land holdings divested.

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Sale price of land holding divested.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 23, 2017	Feb. 14, 2017	Nov. 15, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share			$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.10	$ 0.32	$ 0.30
Cash dividend payable date			Feb. 24, 2017
Cash dividends declared, record date			Feb. 10, 2017
Gain Loss on sale of assets after Tax				$ 7.9
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share		$ 0.11
Cash dividend payable date		May 26, 2017
Cash dividends declared, record date		May 12, 2017
Percentage of divested excess real estate	40.00%
Amount of land holdings divested	$ 13.4