702 JOUBNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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TABLE IV. — SHOWING THE EXPORTS OF WOOD AND TIMBER 

 DURING 1902-1904; 





Quantities 



Values 





1902 



1903 



1904 



1902 



1903 



1904 



Wool) and Timbkr : 

 Hewn .... (loads) 

 Sawn or split, planed or dressed „ 

 Staves of all dimensions . ,, 

 Furniture woods, hardwood, and 

 veneers : 

 Mahogany . . (tons) 

 Other sorts . . ^ „ 



11,237 

 25,660 

 5,576 



23,804 

 7,736 



8,856 

 25,301 

 7,596 



29,782 

 9,400 



10,048 

 23,071 

 6,563 



29,095 

 10,612 



£ 



134,535 

 137,015 

 55,492 



240,241 

 79,720 



£ 



103,926 

 130,220 

 60,154 



293,014 

 95,274 



£ 



108,021 

 142,801 

 38,183 



258,474 

 93,611 



Total of wood and timber £ 









647,003 



682,588 



641,090 



Manufactures of Wood and 



TlMBBR : 

 Furniture and cabinet ware . 

 House frames, fittings, and joiners' 



work 



Other sorts (including wood ware 



and wood turnery) 









48,887 

 138,868 



33,601 

 10,706 

 135,595 



35,725 

 4,841 

 129,692 



Total of manufactures of wood 

 and timber .... £ 









j 187,755 



179,902 



170,258 



ACBEAGE EETURNS. 



In issuing the Acreage Returns, taken on June 4, 1904, the Board of 

 Agriculture points out that — 



Potatos occupy an area of 570,209 acres in Great Britain, or 5,923 more 

 than in 1903. This increase has taken place almost entirely in Scotland, where 

 there are 6,371 acres (of which 1,089 are in Perth) more than last year, while 

 in Wales there is a decline of 483 acres. The majority of English counties 

 show a decline in area (amounting to as much as 1,488 acres in Cambridge- 

 shire) balanced by gains of 4,674 acres in Lincoln, the most considerable 

 potato-growing county, 1,122 acres in Stafford, 867 acres in Lancashire, and 

 smaller increases in a few other counties. The substantial increase in 

 Lincolnshire is partly attributed by the collectors to the encouragement 

 afforded by the success of certain new varieties. 



It must, however, be remembered that this acreage is less than that 

 recorded in 1901, when it w T as 577,260, and in 1902, when 573,880 acres 

 were returned ; and, considering there w r ere 579,222 acres under Potatos 

 in 1889, this increase is more apparent than real ; and, notwithstanding 

 the great increase in our population and the improvement in their diet, 

 the Potato acreage has not materially increased, although the imports of 

 Potatos exhibit a steady upward tendency. 



The increase under small fruits is, how r ever, definite and assuring. 

 These crops were first returned separately in 1888, when 3G,724 acres 

 were found to be under small-fruit cultivation, and since then the figures 

 have steadily grown, until 1904 again makes a record return. The Board 

 comment on this as follows : — 



The acreage under small fruit has shown a continual tendency to increase, 

 and a further gain of 1,795 acres, or 2-4 per cent., is recorded this year, 

 making the total of 77,947 acres, the largest ever returned. Most counties 

 show ail increase, more particularly Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester, Cambridge, 

 and Perth. Orchards also show an increase of 3,525 acres, or 1*5 per cent., of 

 which over 1,000 acres are reported in Kent. The other principal orchard- 

 bearing counties -Hereford, Devon, Somerset, Worcester, and Gloucester— all 

 return larger areas than in 1903. 



