210 REPORT 1859. 



1. £150 will be paid to his family on his death. 



2. 400 to himself, if he survives the age of 65. 



3. 270 to do. do. 60. 



4. 130 to himself at 65, or his family, if he dies sooner, 



5. 40 to £50 per annum, if he survives 65. 



6. 20 do. and £75 to family, if he dies sooner. 



How many young men at that age are wasting, nay, worse than wasting, spend- 

 ing, to the injury of their health, habits and reputation, 2s. Qd. per week, which 

 would secure to them £1000 at the age of sixty-five, or £115 per annum there- 

 after during life, if the payment is persevered in with that object ! 



A similar scheme of deferred annuities is now proposed by the Government, to 

 be effected at any of the National Security Savings' Banks, which, upon the pay- 

 ment of a sum of £2 2s. 2d. at the age of twenty, will secure a sum of £1 per 

 annum after the age of sixty-five, or be returned if he does not reach that age. If 

 not made returnable, the annuity may be secured by paying 18s. 6d. down. An- 

 other pound a year may be insured by paying 19s. 6d. next year, and so on. 



On the Agricultural Statistics of the County of Aberdeen. 

 By Arthur Harvey. 



After describing the divisions, appearance, soil, climate, and extent of the county, 

 with its population and rental, exclusive of the towns, noticing the methods 

 of agriculture practised at the end of last century, when Sir John Sinclair 

 completed his statistical inquiry, and in 1811, when, under the direction of 

 the Board of Agriculture, Dr. Skene Keith completed his elaborate work, as 

 well as at the present period, the author proceeded to show that at the end of 

 last century the capital in stock and crop amounted to £1,212,821 15s., or equal 

 to £5 2s. Id. per acre, with an area under cultivation of 238,741 acres ; that in 

 1811 the aggregate capital in stock and crop had reached £2,469,500, or equal to 

 £6 6s. 8%d. per acre, with an area under cultivation of 389,556^ acres ; and in 

 1858, that the aggregate capital in stock, crop, &c, amounted to £4,542,269 4s. 10d., 

 or equal to a gross produce per acre of £6 10s. 8d., with an area under cidtivation 

 of 488,1831 acres. Accompanied by the annexed Tables, the following facts were 

 brought out : — 



That since 1798 the rental of Aberdeen- £ s. d. £ s. d. 



shire has increased from 133,630 to 540,000 



The Grain crop from 486,745 to 1,175,840 6 1 



The Green crop from ........ 31,200 to 652,654 16 3 



The Grass crop from 173,387 to 510,343 2 6 



Total .... £691,332 to £2,338,838 4 10 

 The live stock has increased from £521,489 15s. to £2,203,431, but, from the rise 

 in the rent of land, and the enormous expenses attaching to the prosecution of 

 agriculture, the gross produce per acre, tinder deduction of expenses, &c, only 

 shows a net return of 15s. 6±d. sterling to the farmer. And as a proof of the ex- 

 tent of the cattle-trade from the county, statistics were given, showing that the 

 average number of "beasts" killed per week in the Aberdeen district was 700, 

 and of sheep 250, with, in 1858, the shipments by steam of cattle 5652, sheep 

 6622, pigs 1702, and by rail 13,674 cattle, with 5226 tons of dead meat. 



Estimate of Annual Produce and Sales, Capital, Expenses, and Returns. 



Annual Produce of Soil— Grain Crop .£1,175,840 6 1 



G-reenCrop 652,654 16 3 



Grass and Pasture 510,343 2 6 



£2,338,838 4 10 



Annual Produce of Stock sold : — 



34,172 Cattle (7 per 100 Ar. Ac.) at £18 £615,096 



26,423 Sheep .at 26s 34,349 18 



Carried forward £649,445 18 



