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of the previous five years there was an increase in 1897 of 

 :^i,icxD,ooo. The quantity of all crops was smaller in 1897 

 than in 1896, and also smaller than the average for the 

 foregoing five years, so that the increase in value was due to 

 higher prices, the only crops that were larger in 1 897 com- 

 pared with previous years being sugar-beets, buckwheat, 

 and hay. 



The yield of the principal crops in 1897 was as follows: 

 Wheat, 3,344,000 bushels ; rye, 17,437,000 bushels; barley, 

 18.453,000 bushels ; oats, 33,900,000 bushels ; potatoes, 

 19,416,000 bushels; beetroots, 7,657,000 cwts. ; red beets^ 

 57,603,000 bushels ; fodder beets, 61,778,000 bushels ; clover, 

 1,828,000 lasts (of 1,100 lbs.) ; hay, 1,212,000 lasts. 

 \ Foreign Office Report, Annual Series , No. 2,141. Price }y\d.\ 



Agricultup>.al Statistics of India. 



The Board have received from the Department of Revenue 

 and Agriculture of India a volume containing the complete 

 agricultural statistics of India for 1896-97, with comparative 

 figures for earlier years. The principal crops are compared 

 in the following table with those of the year 1894-95. 



Crops. 



1894-95. 



Acres. 



1896-97. 

 Acres, 



Rice -------- 



69,280, 303 



66,234,485 



Wheat 



22,761,308 



16,183,987 



Barley - - - - - - 



7,189,420 



6,341,102 



Maize - 



5,055,971 



5,776,965 



Other grains ------ 



77,288,627 



66,119,477 



Total food grains - - - - 



181,575,629 



160,656,016 





2,889,230 



2,789,213 



Other food crops (fruit, vegetables, &c. 



5,567,097 



6,017,127 



Oilseeds - - 



13,929,969 



10,531,864 



Fibres ------- 



12,540,600 



12,275,943 





1,740,509 



1,609,635 



Opium - . - - - 



542,633 



601,405 





133,629 



147,158 



Tea - - - - -. - - 



■ 414,398 



423,732 



Tobacco - - ' - 



1,174,581 



1,000,230 





1,931,713 



2,057,563 



