Notes on Agriculture Abroad. 
[MAY, 
£ 
Salaries and expenses of staff at central office and pensions ... 12,000 
Salaries and expenses of State agronomists in connection with 
the inspection of agriculture ... ... ... ... ... 7,000 
Compensation and other expenses in connection with the 
slaughter of diseased animals ; expenses of the veterinary 
service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 113,000 
Subsidies to agricultural committees, associations and exhibi- 
tions ; and expenses of higher agricultural council ... ... 12.000 
Veterinary education ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,000 
Agricultural education ... ... ... ... ... ... 23,000 
Experimental and research work ... ... ... ... 4,000 
Expenses of higher horticultural council. Subsidies to 
horticultural associations. Subsidy to the International 
Agricultural Institute ... ... ... ... ... 3jOOO 
Collection of agricultural statistics ... ... ... ... 3, 500 
Horticultural education ... ... ... ... ... . . 8,000 
Expenses of State Botanical Garden ... ... ... ... 5,oco 
Chemical and Bacteriological Institute. State analytical 
laboratories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,000 
Forestry and fishery expenses ... ... ... ... .. • 48,000 
Public health 76,000 
Roads, waterways, tramways and carriage of goods ... ... 162,000 
Live Stock Census in the Netherlands.— Until 1904 the annual agri- 
cultural statistics of the Netherlands included statistics of live stock; 
but in that year it was decided that the annual returns of live stock 
should be replaced by a periodical census, in order that the returns 
might be made with greater accuracy than was the case in the annual 
statistics. 
The first periodical census was taken between May 20th and June 
30th, 19 10. The results are given below, together with the average 
of the five years, 1900-4, taken from the annual statistics : — 
Horses 
Cattle 
Sheep 
Goats.., 
Pigs .. 
Census. 
1910. 
327,377 
2,026,943 
889,036 
224,231 
1,259,844 
Average. 
1900-1904. 
298,351 
1,661.903 
698,604 
173-392 
Increase. 
29,026 
365, 0 40 
190,432 
5o>839 
It should be borne in mind that the annual statistics gave the 
numbers of live stock in December, while the census of 1910 refers to 
June. This difference has but small importance in the case of horses, 
but in the case of cattle, it has been calculated that the number existing 
in June generally exceeds the number in December by about 106,000. 
The poor supply of forage in 1909, however, was the cause of the 
exportation or slaughtering of 133,000 more animals than in 1908. As 
a certain compensation is brought about by these figures, it may be 
considered that the census of 1910, despite the difference in the date of 
collection of the data, gives a fairly exact idea of the increase which 
took place in the number of cattle. 
The number of sheep is much larger in June than in December, 
as the lambing season is in March and April, and a large number of 
lambs and sheep are sold for slaughtering in autumn. In the report 
which accompanies the census returns of 19 10 it is stated that, despite 
the considerable increase shown in the number of sheep, it is probable 
that the diminution which has been evident in previous returns has 
