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tained. I have not been able to obtain the acreage for 

 the four years between 1862 and 1866. 



Mr. Lance, in his Hop Farmer,' makes some slight difference in the 

 average yields up to 1836, but I prefer quoting the above figures, which 

 up to 1853 are upon the authority of Mr. Baxter, of the ' Sussex Express.' 

 The years from 1854 are computed from the official acreage and duty paid. 

 Since the abolition of the duty only conjectural estimates can be made. 



