INDEX. 



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Eggs :— _ Page 



Import trade in - - - - ' - 369 



Imports, quarterly returns - - - - 90, 2 14, 329, 431 



Denmark, trade - - - - - - - 188 



Victoria, exports - - - - - - 176 



Egypt, school of agriculture - ' - 305 



Emigration to California - - - - - -31 9 



Endive, prices ------- . 236, 457 



Evaporation of raspberries in the United States - 54 



Excise : — 



On alcohol in Germany - - - - 253 



„ beer and barley substitutes - 305 



,, sugar on the continent - - - - 14,254 



Experiments with potatoes in France ----- 70,176 



Exports : — 



Of cattle, sheep, and swine - - - - . 210, 429 



„ horses -------- 215,432 



„ wool - - - - - - - - 220,245,435 



Falkland Islands, sheep - - <- - ~ - -311 

 Farcy. See Glanders. 

 Farms : — 



Homestead Act in the United States - 404 



Indebtedness in Germany - - - - -251 



„ „ (Bavaria) - - - - - 186 



Mortgages in United States - - 403 



Property in Ontario, value - - - - - 175 



Farmers and the Income Tax - - - - _ - 263 



„ assessments to local rates - 379 



Farringdon Market prices : — 



Fruit ------- . 107,238 



Vegetables - - - - - - - - 105, 236 



Fertilisers and feeding stuffs : — 



Analyses in Great Britain - - - - - - 375 



German regulations for the sale of - - - - - 317 



Figs, prices 107, 238, 346 



Finland butter trade - - - - 306 



„ kiln drying of corn - - - - - - 406 



Flax: — 



Area in Ireland, 1896 ------- 324, 421 



Imports - - - - - - 218,437 



Prices in Ireland, 1881 and 1895 - - - - 87 



Production in Ireland, 1895 - - - - _ - 85 



1896 - - - - 421 



Seeds, imports - - - - - - -218, 437 



Manitoba, area - - - - - - -151 



Flour :— 



Imports - 90,216, 329,433 



India, imports - - - - - - - - 19 



Roumania, production - - - - - -313 



Spain, trade - - - - - - - 68, 410 



Food products adulteration, Report of Committee - 201 



Foreign Office Reports - - - - - - 64, 188, 311,409 



Forests (see also Woods) : — 



Ireland, forestry operations, 1895-96 - - - - 422 



Norway - 399 



Sweden ------- 399 



Switzerland, area - - - - - . _ 73 



Foul-brood or bee-pest - - - - - - - 132 



France : — 



Agricultural distress in Normandy - - - - - 66 



Agriculture - - - - - - 411 



Agriculture in Western France - - - 64 



Budget, agricultural, and discussion in the Chamber - - - 411 



Census of 1896 - - - - - 406 



