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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



[June 1396. 



with the measured surface of land and water in the several 

 groups. This table may be reproduced as under : — 



Divisions. 



Total Area 



of Land 

 and A\ r ater. 



Returned 

 as under 

 Woods and 

 Planta- 

 tions. 



Approximate 



Area of 

 Mountain and 

 Heath Land 

 used for 

 Grazing. 



Perma- 

 ment 

 Pastures. 



Arable 

 Land. 



England : 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



I. — Eastern and North- 

 Eastern Counties. 



II. — South- Eastern and 

 East Midland Coun- 

 ties. 



7,410,000 

 7,215,000 



232,000 

 593,000 



70,000 

 118,000 



1,962,000 

 3,053,000 



4,312,000 

 2,612,000 



III. — West Midland and 

 South- Western Coun- 

 ties. 



IV. — Northern and 

 North-Western Coun- 

 ties. 



8,111,000 

 9,808,000 



455,000 

 386,000 



329,000 

 1,587,000 



3,831,000 

 4,399,000 



2,561,000 

 2,115,000 



Wales : V. 



4,774,000 



182,000 



1,099,000 



1,979,000 



860,000 



Scotland : 













VI— Eastern Counties • 



6,545,000 



457,000 



2,127,000 



521,000 



2,174,000 



VII.— Western Counties 



12,909,000 



421.000 



7,276,000 



868,000 



1,333,000 



Great Britain - 



56,772,000 



2,726,000 



12,606,000 



16,611,000 



15,967,000 



Details are given of the produce of the crops, and the harvest of 

 1895 is contrasted with the average of those of the preceding 

 years for which estimates are available. Taking the figure 

 " 100 " to represent this average, the results of the past three 

 years compare as follows": — 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



! 



Potatoes. 



1 Hay 

 (Clover). 



Hay 

 (Permanent 

 Grass). 



Year. 



29-32 

 Bushels 

 per Acre 

 = 100. 



33-02 

 Bushels 

 per Acre 

 = 100. 



38-21 

 Bushels 

 per Acre 

 -100. 



5-82 

 Tons 

 per Acre 

 = 100. 



28-22 

 Cwts. 

 per Acre 

 = 100. 



23-86 

 Cwts. 

 per Acre 

 = 100. 



1893 



89 



93 



93 



113 



66 



53 



1894 



105 



104 



109 



95 



115 



120 



1895 



89 



96 



97 



114 



96 



80 



Jn the section dealing with prices the official data for corn in 

 the year 1895 are discussed, and the average values of wheat, 

 barley, and oats over complete and successive five years' periods 

 is contrasted in tabular form ; the comparison is made for the 

 whole period over which the ordinary agricultural returns have 

 been collected. The first quinquennium, 1866-70, gives wheat 

 a mean price of 54s. 8c?., barley, 38s. lid., and oats, 25s. 6d., 



