Introduction. 3 



Information of this kind is most interesting, and it is much 

 to be regretted that similar returns are not compiled by the 

 Board of Agriculture of the number of goats in Great 

 Britain. Indeed, England and Denmark are the only 

 countries having no statistics on the subject, as evidenced 

 by the following table, which shows the distribution of 

 goats over Europe. Recent correspondence with the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries at Whitehall with regard 

 to returns of goats kept in England has led to the 

 following reply : "I am to add that, as the scope of the 

 annual Agricultural Returns of Great Britain is practically 

 limited to occupiers of agricultural land, any statistics of 

 goats collected through that medium would necessarily be 

 very incomplete; but your suggestion will be borne in 

 mind/ 1 



Country. 

 Great Britain 

 Denmark 

 Ireland 

 Norway 

 Sweden 

 Russia 

 Austria 

 Hungary 

 Switzerland 

 Holland 

 Belgium 



B 2 



