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and the exportation of maize and hay has, therefore, been pro- 

 hibited, while the importation of maize will be permitted free 

 until further notice. 



Bulgaria, on the other hand, seems to have been more 

 fortunate, as it is stated in a report in the Journal Officiel that 

 the weather was favourable for the wheat crop, rain coming at 

 the right time with good weather for harvesting. The spring- 

 sown crops, however, such as oats, barley, millet, and maize, 

 suffered from the dryness, and the yield was expected to be 

 indifferent. 



The whole of the south of European Russia suffered from 

 extreme drought, but the northern half of the Empire, on 

 the other hand, felt the consequences of uninterrupted rain 

 and extremely low temperature. In the south-west, particularly 

 in the Governments of Bessarabia and Kherson, the absence 

 of rain entailed disastrous consequences ; it also caused sub- 

 stantial damage to the spring sowings of the Polish Govern- 

 ments. The rainfall in some parts of Central and South Russia 

 will be seen from the following figures : — 





Rainfall in Inches. 



Meteorological Station. 



1904. 



1903. 





June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Moscow 



4' 06 



2-54 



i-68 



1-25 



•66 



3-67 



3'35 



•62 



Warsaw 



2-18 



1 44 



i-68 



•62 



4 '29 



4-80 



r8 3 



70 



Kieff 



2*42 



•39 



1-87 



3 '43 



179 



1*21 



•82 



•27 



Kharkoff ... 



2 '57 



•16 



•82 



1 -87. 



4-17 



4-41 



70 



•27 



Nicolaieff 



•82 



•39 



•35 



1-09 



4-91 



roi 



'31 





Odessa 



•55 



•47 



•66 



2-85 



121 



i-33 



•31 





Average of 6 Stations... 



2"II 



•90 



I-I7 



1-87 



2-85 



273 



1 21 



■31 



It will be seen that the rainfall at the four southern stations 

 of Kieff, Kharkoff, Nicolaieff, and Odessa was very small in 

 July, and at the three latter ones in August also. 



The yield in the 60 Governments of European Russia is 

 estimated by the Central Statistical Committee as follows, and 

 is stated by them to be below the average. It seems, however, 

 from the diagrams published by the Committee, that the districts 



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