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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



[Dec. 1894. 



13,474 of these usually reside in the province of Con naught. 

 Of the total number, 82-6 per cent, sought work in England, 

 14'7 per cent, in Scotland, and 2-7 per cent, in Ireland. 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, 1894. General Abstract 

 shoiving the Acreage under Crops, also the Numher and 

 Description of Live Stock in each County and Province, 

 1893-94. [C— 7530 ] Price 2id. 



This is the annual Abstract Return relating to agriculture 

 issued by the Registrar General 4n Dublin. It vshows that the 

 total extent under crops in 1894 is 4,937,179 acres, being a net 

 increase on the extent in 1893 of 59,138 acres, or 1*2 per cent. 

 There was an increase in Ulster of 25,138 acres, or 1*5 per cent. ; 

 in Leinster of 22,239 gacres, or 1*7 per cent. ; in Munster of 9,240 

 acres, or 0*8 per cent. ; and in Connaught of 2,521 acres, or 

 0*4 per cent. 



In 1893 the extent returned under grass was 10,321,107 acres, 

 in 1894 the amount returned is 10,205,107 acres, being a decrease 

 of 116,000 acres ; the extent returned as fallow in 1893 was 

 21,875 acres, and in 1894, 19,639 acres ; the extent under woods 

 and plantations in 1893 was 307,386 acres, against 311,224 acres 

 in 1894 ; and the extent returned under " Turf, Bog, Marsh, 

 Barren Mountain Land, &c.," in 1893 was 4,804<,935 acres, 

 against 4,860,195 acres in 1894, being an increase of 55,260 

 acres ; of the acreage thus returned in 1894, 1,230,032 acres have 

 been entered by the enumerators as turf bog, 451,061 acres as 

 marsh, and 2,237,748 acres as barren mountain land. 



The acreage under cereal and green croj^s in 1894 is shown as 

 follows : — 





Acres. 





Acres. 







Potatoes - - - 



717,120 



Wheat - 



49,342 



Turnips - - - 



311,294 



Barley - 



164,G04 



Mangel-wurzel and beetroot 



52,023 



Oats 



1,254,813 



Cabbn^e - 



44,512 



Bere and Rye 



13,656 



Vetches - - - 



10,818 



Beans and Veas - 



3,605 



Carrots, parsnips, and other 









green crops 



27,510 



Compared with 1893 there appears a decrease of 5,656 acres 

 in the acreage under wheat ; an increase of 6,475 acres under 

 oats ; a decrease of 4,172 acres under barley ; a decrease of 

 1,559 acres under bere and rye, and a decrease of 420 acres 

 under beans and peas, showing a net decrease of 5,332 acres in 

 the extent under cereal crops. 



The acreage under turnips has increased by 8,520 acres ; 

 mangel-wurzel and beetroot by 4,989 acres, and cabbage by 

 3,276 acres. The extent under potatoes lias decreased by 6,015 

 acres; vetches and rape hy 233 acres, and carrots, parsnips, and 



