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GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



[Dec. 1896. 



In Oxfordshire the rate of increase is still greater, the 430 

 acres of lucerne there in 1892 being raised to 1,052 in 1896. 



Counties. 



1892. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



ENGLAND. 













Bedford - - - 



133 



166 



196 



292 



308 



Berks - - - 



340 



444 



729 



794 



841 



Buckingham - 



316 



318 



581 



782 



802 



Cambridge - 



633 



805 



965 



1,109 



1,253 



Chester - 



11 



3 



5 



14 



1 



Cornwall - 



41 



47 



37 



76 



57 



Cumberland - 







1 



2 



2 



1 



Derby - 



15 



7 



24 



13 



19 



Devon 



33 



44 



72 



69 



60 



DORSKT . _ - 



71 



124 



94 



106 



101 



Durham 



18 



9 



11 



25 



18 



Essex - 



4,392 



4,551 



5,106 



5,625 



6,706 



Gl OUC ESTER ~ 



128 



224 



289 



275 



358 



Hants - 



267 



439 



509 



577 



666 



Hereford 



73 



82 



156 



139 



165 



Hertford 



589 



672 



940 



1,194 



1,438 



Huntingdon - 



168 



176 



285 



302 



286 



Kent - 



4,359 



4,323 



4,832 



5,449 



5,940 



Lancaster - 



19 



6 



7 



3 



14 



LEICESTER - 



16 



20 



23 



35 



23 



Lincoln 



553 



491 



759 



666 



700 



London - 



* 



11 



41 



30 



38 



Middlesex - 



40 



43 



122 



37 



25 



Monmouth - 



59 



64 



57 



67 



62 



Norfolk >- 



905 



892 



1,025 



1,024 



1,286 



NORT HAMPTON 



223 



260 



340 



403 



444 



Northumberland 



10 



54 



11 



7 



38 



Notts - 



139 



122 



137 



124 



197 



Oxford - 



430 



544 



704 



931 



1,052 



Rutland 



5 



7 



15 



12 



17 



Salop - - - - 



20 



19 



28 



65 



35 



Somerset - 



83' 



92 



133 



189 



140 



Stafford - 



16 



12 



28 



32 



29 



Suffolk - 



1,123 



1,255 



1,317 



1,620 



1,721 



Surrey - 



196 



211 



407 



295 



398 



Sussex - - - 



339 



369 



496 



494 



445 



Warwick ... 



87 



130 



206 



206 



207 



Westmorland 













Wilts - 



165 



294 



3S3 



342 



421 





ill 



IOC 



loo 





£k lO 



260 



York, East Riding - 



38 



52 



70 



104 



100 



TSTot? tit mTxn - 



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Q 

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Q 1 



1U 



i 



35 



„ West Riding - 



92 



67 



123 



105 



123 



Total for England 



16,264 



17,617 



21,478 



23,853 



26,830 



„ Wales 



290 



311 



324 



329 



£40 



„ Scotland 



29 



27 



52 



37 



18 



Total for Great Britain 



16,583 



17,955 



21,854 



24,219 



27,188 



Isle of Man - 







1 



5 



14 



Jersey - 



62 



59 



89 



95 



99 



Guernsey, &c. 



318 



314 



451 



358 



405 



* Acreage included in the figures for Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey. 



