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years, and impossible to make the series nniform. Twenty years ago 

 only a few fragments of similar data conld be had ; even now tliero are 

 countries in Europe that do not attempt annual estimates of production. 

 The following statement is a summary of the actual supply of each 

 country named, for food of man, feed of animals, and seed for sowing : 



Statement showing the average supply for a aeries of years of home-grotvn and foreign 

 wheat, and of all cereals, with the average supply per head of population, in ccntah. 



UoGutrios. 



A-aatrla-HonKary 



Belgioni 



Denmark , 



France 



Germany 



Great Britain 



Italy , 



Ketnerlandf , 



Portagal 



Itomnania... , 



BoMia 



Sweden 



Norway — 



Population. 



87,000,000 



5, 4S0, 090 

 1, 050, 000 



37, 000, 000 

 45, 200, 000 

 34, 500, 000 

 27, 500, 000 



3, 050, 000 



4, ISO, 000 



6, 073, 000 

 78, 000, 000 



4, 500, 000 

 1, 775, 000 



Period. 



1874-'82 



1882 

 1875-'82 

 1872-'83 

 1878-'83 

 1874-'83 

 1872-'82 

 1870-'82 



1877 



1S76 

 1870-'81 

 1874-'82 

 18?l-'75 



.^TXEAOl BUFPLT. 



Wheat 



Aggrograt*. 



Per head. 



All cereals. 



Aggregate. 



Pounds. 

 116, 883, 240 

 308, 660, 999 

 149, 367, 153 

 408, 006, 683 

 487, 235, 572 

 489, 954, 379 

 894, 023, 876 

 493, 816, 867 

 009, 602, 886 

 751, 066, 482 

 080, 003, 014 

 558, 811, 394 

 003,793,165 



Per head. 



OenlaU. 

 7.34 

 0.74 

 IC. 15' 

 10.11 

 8.29 

 8.55 

 5.42 

 6.81 

 4.84 



7.91 

 5.09 



This statement lnclnde» about 286,000,000 of the popnlation of Europe, and makes the supply 

 690,600,000 centals of wheat and 2,868,000,000 centals ot all cereals together. Belgium is represented 

 by a single year. It ia believed that an average would be about 4 centals of wheat per head, and 8.5 

 of all cereals. The total population of Europe is about 330,000,000. 



This supply is obtained mainly from domestic production, in some 

 countries in part by importation, and in all there are some imports and 

 exports which modify the supply. These data have been compiled for 

 a series of years (published in the monthly report of March, 1885), and 

 the average imports and exi^orts, as well as production, give a truer idea 

 of the real supply than could be obtained from the examination of fluc- 

 tuating annual figures. 



Taile showing the averagt production, imports, exports, and supply of wheat in different 

 countries for the period specified. 



Countries. 



Austria-Hungary 



Belgium 



Denmark 



France 



Germany 



Great Britain and Ireland.. 



Italy 



Netherlands 



Portugal 



Kussia in Europe........... 



Spain 



Sweden 



Norway 



Period. 



1874-'82 



1882 

 1875-'82 

 1872-'83 

 1878-'S3 

 1874-'83 

 1872-'82 

 1870-'82 



1877 

 1870-'81 



(e) 

 1874-'82 

 1871-75 



Production. 



Pounds. 



&7, 082, 962, 753 



cl, 635, 168, 200 



274, 097, 768 



cl8, 497, 807, 361 



60, 288, 551, 029 



d5, 078, 396, 111 



8, 287, 893, 591 



6326, 204, 285 



459, C75, 000 



11, 870, 897, 640 



10, 409, 425, 500 



191, 535, 007 



10, 514, 280 



Imports. 



Pounds, a 

 414, 702, 652 



1, 577, 802, 564 



80, 66S, 863 



2, 830, 981, 902 

 1, 426, 817, 488 

 7, 413, 012, 499 



655, 089, 727 

 588, 256, 302 

 63, 736, 613 



144, 959, 377 

 98, 871, 110 

 29, 327, 869 



Exports. 



Pounds, a 

 469, 240, 930 

 670, 509. 805 

 209, 059, 713 

 909, 446, 655 

 648, 538, 205 

 146,226,920 

 172, 564, 253 

 230, 825, 585 

 60, 602 

 3,723,728,012 

 140, 106, 504 

 21,286,111 



Supply. 



Pounds. 



7, 028, 418, 475 

 2, 642, 400, 959 



145. 704, 913 



20,413,402.008 



7,006,830,311 



12, 945, 181, CUD 



8, 770, 418, 005 

 683, 035, 002 

 523, 351, Oil 



8, 147, 169, 028 



10, 414, 278, 373 



269, 120, 005 



45, 842, 149 



a Including wheat meal and flour, reduced to their approximate equivalents in wheat. 



b Spelt is included with wheat. In the case of Austria-Hungary the Quantity of spelt is rolatirelv 

 very small. j t- j 



c Spelt and maslin are included with wheat. 



d These figures do not include the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. 



« The figures as to production are taken from Dr. von Neumann-Spallart'a, Uebertichten der Welt- 

 vnrthscha/t, and purport to represent a medium crop for the period 1857 to 1878. The importa and ei. 

 ports are for the year 1878. 



