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TABLE III. — ACREAGE UNDER SMALL FRUIT AND ORCHARDS AND 

 THAT RETURNED AS WOODS AND PLANTATIONS. 

 Compiled from the Board of Agriculture Returns. 





Small Fruits 



Orchards 



Year 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1901 



1902 



1903 





acres 

 67,828 

 1,092 

 6,079 



acres 

 68,263 

 1,203 

 5,912 



acres 

 68,968 

 1,230 

 5,954 



acres 

 228,580 

 3,767 

 2,313 



acres 

 230,673 

 3,767 

 2,416 



acres 

 233,286 

 3,748 

 2,449 





74,999 



75,378 



76,152 



234,660 



236,856 



239,483 



Isle of Man and Channel Islands 



599 



698 



525 



1,543 



1,697 



1,997 



* The acreage under Orchards is that of arable or grass land used for fruit trees of any kind. 



The timber imports and exports are given in Table IV., as forestry is 

 so nearly allied to horticulture, and is being so greatly improved at the 

 present time. We trust that the efforts of the Board of Agriculture, and 

 of the various official departments, societies, and others interested, will 

 have the effect of reducing the annual bill of over £27,000,000 for 

 foreign-grown timber, against which we have as a set-off only some 

 £214,000 in exports. 



TABLE IV.— SHOWING THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF WOOD 

 AND TIMBER, 1901-1903. 



Description 



Imports : 



Hewn 



From Russia 



Fir, 

 oak, teak, 

 &c. (other 

 than PitS 

 Props or 

 Pit Wood) . 



Sweden 



Norway 



Germany . 



U.S.A. 



British East 

 Indies 



Canada 



Other coun- 

 tries 



Total . 



Hewn : Pit props or pit wood 

 Total of wood hewn 



From Russia 

 Sweden 

 Norway 

 U.S.A." 

 Canada 

 Other coun- 

 tries 



awn or split, 

 planed or 

 dressed 



Total 



Staves of all dimensions 

 Furniture woods, hardwoods, and 

 veneers : (tons) 

 Mahogany 



Other sorts .... 

 Total of wood and timber . 



1901 



Loads 

 270,684 

 28,683 

 54,770 

 227,337 

 163,303 



39,053 

 88,738 



20,517 



893,085 



1,879,810 



2,772,895 



1,828,237 

 1,685,362 

 468,537 

 617,415 

 1,517,234 



1902 



1903 



1901 



Loads 

 227,784 

 30,710 

 59,632 

 189,071 

 180,742 



40,756 

 78,887 



Loads 

 291,665 

 35,537 

 64,591 

 185,029 

 191,895 



54,117 

 66,559 



£ 



636,204 

 49,807 

 104,810 

 656,296 

 799,756 



475,018 

 495,941 



1902 



24,657 : 26,467 179,131 



832,239 



1,978,485 



1903 



£ 



548,747 

 51,326 I 

 107,481 

 528,973 

 922,102 



502,517 

 460,542 



915,860 3,397,026 i 3,340,298 



2,321,655 2,053,026 



2,810,724 1 3,237,515 5,450,052 



2,049,850 

 1,680,371 

 504,110 

 593,478 

 1,639,668 



1,964,297 

 1,683,659 

 559,206 

 700,150 

 1,507,530 



164,215 209,249 326,265 



,281,000 



140,064 



74,180 

 241,650 



Exports : 



British and Irish : 



Rough, hewn, sawn, or split, and 



staves 



Foreign and Colonial : 

 Sawn or split, planed or dressed . 

 Wood, manufactures of, furniture 

 and cabinet ware . value £ 

 Total exports 



2,151 

 21,467 



,676,726 6,741,107 



119,992 129,942 



4,424,114 

 4,035,671 

 1,314,717 

 1,987,143 

 4,029,223 



528,146 



2,094,906 



5,435,204 



£ 



650,511 

 63,839 

 117,586 

 548,368 

 1,023,863 



705,273 

 443,744 



291,116 



3,844,300 



2,534,950 



5,379,250 



5,055,215 

 3,882,908 

 1,318,510 

 1,899,094 

 4,385,261 



5,071,865 

 4,062,601 

 1,549,738 

 2,306,175 

 4,267,675 



),434 929,362 



16,319,014 17,171,422 18,187,416 



730,521 668,630 570,859 



61,896 

 227,350 



88,938 

 175,724 



641,301 

 1,421,557 



24,562,445 



532,438 

 1,379,025 



797,100 

 1,183,499 



25,186,719 27,118,124 



3,878 

 25,660 



7,684 16,020 25,552 51,042 



25,237 I 107,594 | 137,015 129,937 



— — — 33,587 



— — — | 214,366 



