504 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



[NOV., 



Draft Rules under Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. — The 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries propose at the expiration of 

 forty days from the 8th November, 1906, 

 ^^^^No^^^^^ to make the following rules under the 

 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906,. 

 viz., Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Limits of Error) Regula- 

 tions, 1906 ; Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Sampling, &c.) 

 Regulations, 1906; and Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) 

 Regulations, 1906. Copies of the draft rules may be obtained 

 on payment of one penny a copy upon application at the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. A 

 notice to the above effect appeared in the London Gazette of the 

 9th November, 1906. 



Fruit Crops and Bird Protection. — A paper will be read at 

 the Society of Arts on Wednesday, December 12th, next, at 

 8 p.m., on " Fruit Crops and Bird Protection," by Mr. Cecil 

 H. Hooper, M.R.A.C. The lecture will be illustrated by lantern 

 slides of birds that destroy buds, flowers, or fruits, and those 

 that are beneficial in various ways to the fruit grower. Cards of 

 'admission may be obtained by persons interested from the 

 Secretary, Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 



PRODUCE OF HOPS. 



Preliminary Statement showing the Estimated Total Production of HopS" 

 in the years 1906 and 1905, with the Acreage and Estimated Average 

 Yield per Statute Acre in each County of England in which Hops 



were grown. 



Counties, &c. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Acreage Returned 

 on 4th June. 



Average Yield 

 per Acre. 





1906. 



1905. 



1906. 



1905. 



1906. 



1905' 



fEast 

 1 Mid 

 Kent^ Weald ... 



Cwts. 

 46,236 

 i 50,152 

 70,243 



Cwts. 



135,945 

 152,044 



155,481 



Acres. 

 9,863 

 9,849 

 9,584 



Acres. 

 10,417 

 10,464 

 9,774 



Cwts. 

 4-69 

 5 '09 

 7-33 



Cwts. 



13- 05 



14- 53 



15- 91 



L Total, Kent 



Hants 



Hereford 



Salop 



Surrey 



Sussex 



Worcester 

 Other Counties* 



166,631 

 10,263 



24,953 

 442 

 3,399 

 22,070 



17,893 

 1 37 



443,470 

 30,207 

 88,802 

 1,626 

 10,248 

 69,059 

 51,961 

 57c 



29,296 



1,939 

 6,481 

 127 

 777 

 4,379 

 3,672 

 51 



30,655 

 1,978 

 6,851 

 135 

 843 

 4,647 

 3.807 

 51 



5 "69 

 5 "29 

 3-85 



3- 48 



4- 37 

 5'04 

 4-87 

 072 



14- 47 



15- 27 

 12-95 



12-04 



12- 16 



14-86 



13- 65 



II-I8 



Total 



1 245,688 



695,943 



46,722 



48,967 



5-26 



14-21 



Gloucester and Suffolk. 



