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INDEX. 



rn-c 



' Quassia for insect attacks , 56, MO, 178 



* Queensland : Bee-keeping 838 



Butter and cheese factories ... ... ... ... ... ... 398 



Cane-sugar industry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 399 



Crops and live-stock, 1897 36« 



Wheat harvest, 1897-8 ... 532 



Rabbits : Imports 153, 440 



Rabies : Importation of dogs order . . 467 



Quarterly returns, Great Britain ... 140, 284, 427, 556 



Ireland 141,285,428 557 



Return, Ireland, 1897 122 



Radishes, prices 139, 283, 426 555 



Raifieise^ banks in Ireland • • • 229, 498 



Railways (Light) : Proceedings under Act 110, 120 



Germany ■ ... 512 



Ramm, Dr., "effect of foods on milk production 483 



Rape, area in New Zealand, 1897 ... ... ... ... ... ... 491 



Raspberries in orchards 323 



Raspberry weevil 57 



Rates: Local taxation returns, 1896-7 ... ... ... ... . . 408 



Return under Agricultural Rates Act 119, 379, 409 



Scotland, assessment under Agricultural Rates Act ... ... 121 



,, local taxation returns ... ... ... ... ... 122 



Refrigerated dairy produce from New Zealand 493 



Fruit from Canada ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91 



Meat from New Zealand 492 



Regulations. See xm^Qr- Legislation • 



Rhubarb, prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 139, 555 



Rice : India, acreage 1896-7 221 



Exports, 1897-8 464 



Ripe-rot of apples 150 



Roads, expenses of local authorities .. . ... ... ... ... ... 409 



„ Scotland 122 



Roots, area and production in Ireland, 1897 113 



Production, 1898 433 



-Sf^(/*wm, area and production, 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 475,476 



Yield, 1898 529 



Canada, area and production in Manitoba, 1898 534 



Neiv Zealand, area 1897 491 



Roses infested by aphides 185 



Roumania: Crops .. 103, 260 



Grain silos ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 92 



Orchards and vineyards ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 251 



Russell, Dr., absorption of odours by milk 496 



Russia : Bee-keeping and production of honey ... ... ... ... 337 



Beet-sugar industry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69, 217 



„ „ in Poland ... ... ... ... ... ... 521 



Budget, agricultural, 1899 508 



Cereal production, 1870-97 ... 368 



Credit associations, agricultural ... ... ... ... ... ... 65 



Crops ... 104. 256, 402 



„ in Poland and Lithuania 530 



Customs duties, reduction on agricultural machinery, manures, and 



remedias against plant diseases ... ... ... ... ... 237 



Economic condition of agricultural population 503 



Egg trade ,397 



Forest preservation . 522 



Labour, agricultural, in Poland ... 522 



Machinery and manures in South Russia 235 



„ „ in the Trans-Caucasus , 50() 



Poultry industry 249 



„ (ornithological) exhibition at St. Petersburg ... 92, 248, 395 



Sheep, export to France ... 87 



