1908.] Agricultural Credit Banks in Colonies. 689 



mixed the entry should be made against ' Other Kinds,' " 

 A similar instruction was given with regard to orchards. The 

 acreage returned under each kind of fruit must consequently be 

 regarded as approximate. 



The following statement summarises the returns received ; 

 the details for counties are given in Part I of the Agricultural 

 Statistics, 1907. [Cd. 3870. Price 5^.] : — 





England. 



Wales. 



Scotland. 



Great 

 Britain. 



Small fruit — 

 Strawberries 

 Raspberries 



Currants and gooseberries 

 Other kinds 



Acres. 



23,623 

 6,480 

 24,179 

 19,090 



Acres. 



780 

 20 

 177 

 236 



Acres. 



3,424 

 2,378 

 1,234 

 554 



Acres. 



27,827 

 0,870 

 25,590 

 19,880 



Total 



73,372 



1,213 



7,59o 



82,175 



Orchards — 



Apples ... ... 



Pears ... ... ... ... 



Cherries ... ... ... 



Plums ... ... 



Other kinds 



168,576 

 8,635 

 n,952 

 14,571 

 40,384 



3,"5 



93 

 40 

 60 

 363 



952 

 183 

 35 

 270 



947 



172,643 

 8,911 

 12,027 

 14,901 

 41,694 



^ Total ... 



244,118 



3,671 



2,387 



250,176 



Acreage of small fruit in orchards 



22,580 



106 



806 



23,492 



Total area under fruit ... ... 



294,910 



4,778 



9,171 



308,859 



As compared with 1906, there is an increase of 1,949 acres 

 under small fruit and of 2,489 acres under orchards. Many 

 of the collectors report that the new classification led to greater 

 accuracy in the returns both of small fruit and orchards, and 

 and it may be assumed with some degree of confidence that 

 the total acreage devoted to fruit-growing on holdings exceeding 

 one acre in Great Britain is fairly represented by the above 

 total of 308,859 acres. 



An Act has recently been passed in the Cape of Good 

 Hope providing for establishment of a 

 Agricultural Credit Government bank for the purpose of 

 Banks in the Colonies.* assisting the occupation and improve- 

 ment of agricultural lands. The manage- 

 ment is vested in a board of trustees appointed by the Governor, 



* See also articles on Agricultural Credit Banks, May, 1905, p. 96 ; Agricultural 

 Credit in France, June, 1905, p. 149 ; Village Banks in England, June, 1905, p. 154 ; 

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