CONTENTS. 



Division of Statistics. 

 Kei^ort of crop returns : 



Cotton 403 



Wheat 407 



Eye 409 



Oats 409 



Barley 410 



Buckwheat 411 



Corn 411 



Potatoes 414 



Sweet potatoes 415 



Tobacco 416 



Sugar-cane 417 



Fattening cattle 417 



Tables showing the condition of the crops October 1 418 



Extracts from correspondence 4'20 



Newspaper croi>-reiiorts 427 



Diyisiox OF Entomology. 



Entomological record 428 



Division of Chemistry. 



Chemical memoranda 431 



Division of Botany. 



Botanical notes 43d 



Division of MicRoscorv. 



Microscoiiic observat ions 4.39 



Miscellaneous. 



Lime and its uses, by the Commissioner 449 



Australia and the Centennial Exposition 451 



American cotton and tobacco in Corsica 451 



Facts from official soui'ces 452 



Market-prices of farm-products 455 



Live-stock markets 457 



Foreign markets 456 



