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trees. According to these returns, 46,175 acres of the total area (309,741 

 statute acres) under Woods and Plantations were under Larch, 35,020 under 

 Fir, 15,291 under Spruce. 3,377 under Pine, 25,158 under Oak, 7,398 under 

 Ash, 9,826 under Beech, 2,562 under Sycamore, 2,750 under Elm, 4,002 

 under Other Trees, and 158,182 were returned as under Mixed Trees. The 

 area under Woods and Plantations in Leinster was 95,447 acres ; in Mun- 

 ster, 105,411 acres; in Ulster, 57,080 acres; and in Connaught, 51,803 

 acres. 



The inquiries made in the preceding fifteen years relative to the extent to 



which bee-keeping is followed in Ireland were re- 

 Bee-keeping, peated in 1901, and according to the returns received, 



there would appear to have been a decrease of 16.4 per 

 cent, in the quantity of honey produced in 1900, as compared with the 

 preceding year, the returns for which showed an increase of 41.7 per cent, 

 as compared with the quantity in 1898. The quantity of honey produced, 

 according to the returns, was 623,559 lbs.; of this, 143,368 lbs. were pro- 

 duced in the province of Leinster; 211,821 lbs. in Munster ; 155,962 lbs. in 

 Ulster; and 112,408 lbs. in Connaught. Of the 623,559 lbs., 403,207 lbs. 

 were produced "in Hives having Moveable Combs," and 220,352 lbs. "in 

 other Hives." It was stated that 260,074 ^bs. was " Run Honey," and 

 363,485 lbs. " Section Honey." The number of stocks brought through the 

 winter of 1900-1901 amounted to 33,171, of which 16,754 were in hives 

 having moveable combs, and 16,417 in other hives. According to the 

 returns collected, there were 6,743 lbs. of wax manufactured in 1900, of 

 which 3,394 were from hives having moveable combs, and 3,349 lbs. from 

 other hives. The returns received in 1900 gave the number of swarms at 

 work during the season of 1899 as 23,981 ; the quantity of honey as 745,692 

 lbs.; the number of stocks brought through the winter of 1 899-1900 as 

 31,045 ; and the quantity of wax manufactured in 1899 as 4,873 lbs. 



