TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION FI. 619: 
United States and Canada in their North American Union were noted. Mr. Clarke- 
concluded by enforcing the value of the English language in promoting civilisation: 
and freedom among the nations of the globe. 
?. Agricultural Statistics. By W. Borty. 
The decade, 1872 to 1882, returns show, in Great Britain and Ireland :— 
Crops. 
In the decade Acreage 
Corn crops. : : F ‘ - Decrease . 1,078,049 
Green crops ‘ Decrease. 863,737 
Flax, hops, bare fallow, uncropped 
arable, clover, and artificial grasses | 
under rotation, permanent aie 
exclusive of heath and mountain. 
Increase . 1,441,786 
: ‘ (No return) 
Orchards and gardens ‘ ned Sah — 
Live Stock. 
In the decade Number 
Cattle - : : - : - Increase . 113,912 
Sheep F : : : : - Decrease . 4,798,422 
Pigs . : : ‘ : : - Decrease . 221,505 
Horses used in agriculture : . Increase . 97,058 
but since 1880 ; : : - Decrease . 24,363 
Imports of Cattle, Sheep, Swine, §c., in 1872 and 1882. 
; In the decade Number 
Cattle r é ° - : - Increase . 170,798 
Sheep and lambs at als »- Increase, . 314,574 
Pigs . : : ‘ one - Decrease . 44] 
great hundreds 
Eggs . 5 5 . é F . Increase . 2,106,558 
ewt. 
Wheat, beans, barley, maize, oats, and 1 Increase . 26,984,732 
flour ‘ . . : . 
£ 
Value thereof . é > - Increase . 12,197,207 
Meat. 
ewt. £ 
1881 . . 1,815,327. « Value . 4,798,915 
1882 . 5 1,261,235 . .  Walue . 3,506,290 
Decrease Decrease 
in-weight! F 54,092, 6 fog eine of) 23202,625 
In 1870 the import of swine was i . 95,624 
In 1882 bp or only . 15,670 
In 1870 an excess over 1882 of . : . 79,954 
_ The decrease since 1880 of 24,363 horses used in agriculture may be attributed’ 
to the thousands of acres untenanted since 1879, and to the change from arable into: 
pasture, such requiring less horse, as also less manual labour. 
