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Harvest and Crop Reports. 



or 9 per cent, more than in the previous year. In the Central 

 Provinces there was an increase of 10 per cent., in Berar of 

 35 per cent, and in Sind of 28 per cent. In Bombay there was 

 also an improvement, but the information was still incomplete. 

 The prospects were still dependent upon the winter rainfall ; if 

 adequate showers fell a good crop was expected in all the 

 provinces except in parts of Bombay, where damage was 

 reported from locusts and want of moisture. 



Crop Prospects in France. 



An official report on the condition of the autum-sown cereal 

 crops in France was published in the Journal Officicl of the 

 6th ultimo. 



The acreage under wheat, mixed corn, rye, barley, and oats 

 is given for each department, and the following numerical 

 method is adopted to indicate the condition of the crops ; the 

 figure 100 denotes "very good"; 80, "good"; 60, "fairly 

 good " ; 50, " passable " ; 30, " mediocre " ; and 20, " bad." 



The annexed table gives the number of departments grouped 

 on the above scale according to the condition of the crop : — 



Index No. 



Wheat. 



Mixed Corn. 



Rye. 



Oats. 



Barley. 



TOO 



1 



1 







1 



99 to 80 



44 • 



.. 40 ... 



5o ••• 



29 .. 



• 34 



79 to 60 



.. 38 . 



.. 29 ... 



35 ••• 



36 - 



• 25 



59 to 50 - 



2 



0 



0 



1 



0 



49 to 30 . 





0 



0 



0 



0 



Mixed corn was not sown in sixteen departments, barley in 

 twenty-six, and oats in nineteen departments. 



