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The exports of the chief articles of agricultural produce during 

 the years 1893-94 and 1894-95 were as follows : — 





1893-94. 



1894-95. 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Wheat - - - - - 



608,000 



345,000 



Oil seeds ------ 



1,211,000 



1,045,000 



Rice- - - - - 



1,233,000 



1,686,000 



Raw cotton ------ 



239,450 



169,350 



Tea ------- 



56,450 



57,590 



Coffee - 



13,950 



13,650 



Raw jute ------ 



434,550 



648,800 



The cultivated wheat area in 1894-95 was 26,032,000 acres 

 as compared with 26,774,000 acres in the preceding period 

 1893-94. The average area in recent years has been 25,884,000 

 acres. 



Scotland. — Report by the Crofters' Commission for the Year 

 1895. [C— 8044.] Price Is. 3d 



This report contains an account of the proceedings of the 

 Commission during 1895, together with tables showing the fair 

 rents fixed and the arrears dealt with. The total number of 

 holdings dealt with during the year was 460, situate in the 

 counties of Argyll, Inverness, Sutherland, Caithness and Orkney, 

 and the average fair rent of each holding amounted to 4>l. 0s. 8^d. 

 Copies of the Special Orders made by the Commissioners are also 

 contained in the report. 



Ireland. — Return in pursuance of the Provisions of the 50th 

 Section of the Diseases of Animals Act, ] 894, for the Tear 

 ended 31st December 1895. [C— 8046.] Price 11 id 



This report states that no cattle plague, pleuro-pneumonia, or 

 foot and mouth disease existed in Ireland during 1895. 



With regard to swine fever, 8,903 suspected outbreaks were 

 reported, and in 3,045 instances the outbreak was confirmed, a 

 result which contrasts favourably with that for the year 1894, 

 when there were no less than 7,619 confirmed outbreaks. In 

 these cases 8,680 swine were slaughtered, 4,891 of which were 

 diseased. 



Four outbreaks of anthrax and five of glanders, including farcy, 

 were reported, and 4,899 cases of sheep-scab are stated to have 

 occurred. 



The number of animals reported to have been affected with 

 rabies was 771, of which 567 were dogs, and although there is 

 reason to doubt whether the disease in all these cases was 

 actually rabies, the evidence available tends to show that the 



