1907.] Small Holdings and Allotments Act. 433 



According to a reply made by the President of the Board of 

 Trade to a question in the House of Commons, the following 

 statement shows the total number of 

 persons engaged in agriculture and of 

 agricultural labourers in the undermen- 

 tioned countries and years, according 

 to the respective censuses of occupations : — 



The occupations included under the term agriculture vary 

 in the census reports for the different countries.* 



Persons Engaged In 



Agriculture in 

 Different Countries. 



Country. 



Occupations Included. 



Germany j Tillage of soil, stock raising, 

 vegetable, fruit, vine, and tobacco 

 I cultivation, dairying 



France ... Tillage of soil, threshing, market 

 gardening, mushroom growing, 

 dairying 



Austria ... Tillage of soil, raising of farm 



stock, gardening 

 Hungary Tillage of soil, stock raising, 

 poultry farming, dairying, market 

 gardening, horticulture 

 Italy ... Tillage of soil, cultivation of fruits, 

 tobacco growing, stock raising, 

 poultry and bee keeping, mush- 

 room growing, forestry and wood- 

 cutting, t 



Spain ... No information available. 



Date of 

 Census. 



Persons 

 Engaged in 

 Agriculture. 



A cri'i^nlf n vn 1 

 XA^L LUUUcli 



Labourers. 



1 1895 

 j 1882 



8,045,441 

 8,063,966 



5,445,924 

 5,763,970 



1 1901 

 J 1896 



8,100,000 

 8,430,000 



3,565,600 

 4,022,000 



} 1900 

 J 1890 



8,H3,758 

 8,394,638 



5,941,275 

 6,379,o85 



\ 1900 

 j 1890 



[ 1901 

 j' 1882 



J 



4,916,008 

 4,459,712 



3,368,996 

 2,836,743 



9,611,003 

 8,566,467 



4,156,753 



Cannot be 

 stated. 



* According to the Census returns of the United Kingdom, the number of persons 

 engaged in agriculture (10 years of age and upwards) was 2,262,454 in 1 901 and 

 2,420,926 in 1891. 



t Forestry workers and woodcutters, which are included in the Italian figures, 

 but not in the totals for other countries, numbered 44,663 in 190 1 ; the corresponding 

 figure for 1882 cannot be stated. 



In connection with the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1907, the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries have addressed the following circular, dated 30th September, 

 to the Clerks of County Councils and County Boroughs 

 Circular relating to the in England and Wales :— 



Small Holdings and sir, 



Allotments Act, 1907. 1 am directed b > r the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to inform you that the Small Holdings and 

 Allotments Act, 1907, comes into operation on the 1st January, 1908, and that, in 

 view of the very important and extensive powers which it gives to County Councils, 

 the Board would suggest that your Council should consider at an early date what 

 steps should be taken to carry out the provisions of the Act in their county. 



There are many matters of detail connected with the Act which are receiving the 

 careful consideration of the Board, and as to these, communications will be addressed 

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