Parliamentary Publications. 



267 



Irish Laud Coiniiiission. — Return of Prices of Agricultural 

 Produce for tJie years 1881 to 1897 inclusive. [C. 8828.] 

 Price ^s. 



This publication shows the average prices of the principal 

 agricultural products in Ireland for such years as can be 

 given from 1881 to 1897, together with diagrams showing the 

 fluctuations during that period. The following table gives a 

 summary of the prices at five-year intervals, together with 

 those for 1897 : — 



— 



1S81. 





886. 





189 





1896. 



1097. 





£ 





d. 



£> 



s 



d. 



£ 



. s 



d. 





s. 



d. 







d. 



Wheat - - - per cwt. 



0 



9 



5 



0 



5 



Ill 



0 



7 



5 



0 



6 



4f 



0 



7 



i 



Oats - - - 



0 



6 



3$ 



0 



4 



11 



0 



6 





0 



5 



0 



0 



5 





Bai-ley - - - ,, ,, 



0 



7 



5i 



0 



5 



4f 



0 



7 





0 



6 



5 



0 



6 





Hay - - - „ „ 



0 



2 



6| 



0 



I 



II 



0 



3 



3i 



0 



2 



6f 



0 



2 



7* 



Potatoes - - - 



0 



3 



0 



0 



2 



5l 



0 



3 



7 



0 



2 



If 



0 



3 





Butter - - - 



5 



8 



4 



4 



3 



5 



5 



3 



6| 



4 



9 



94 



4 



8 



li 



Pork - - - - 



2 



12 



3 



2 



3 



I 



I 



19 



si 





16 



0 



2 





0 



Flax: - - - per 14 lbs. 



0 



6 





0 



6 



7 



0 



5 





0 



4 



8i 



0 



5 



2 



Wool - - . . per lb. 



0 



0 



II 



0 



0 



9i 



0 



0 



"i 



0 



0 



9 



0 



0 



81 



Eggs - - . . per 120 



0 



7 





0 



6 



5 









0 



6 



5 



0 



6 



I 



Beef .... per cwt. 



3 



4 



o} 



2 



II 



3 





14 









I 



2 



13 





Mutton - - . 



3 



10 



II 



3 



0 



7 





17 



lOj 



2 



17 



8 



3 



I 



si 



Cattle. 

































One-year-old - - per head 



6 



4 



6 



4 



14 



0 



6 



6 



0 





18 



0 



6 



3 



3 



Two-year-old - - 



9 



17 



0 



7 



14 



10 



9 



lO 



9 



8 



13 



2 



9 





0 



Three-year-old - - 

















6 



3 



10 



14 



3 



II 



5 



I 



Springers - - - 















-•-3 



12 



6 





13 



5 



12 



16 



I 



Sheep. 

































Lambs - - - per head 



I 



6 



7 



I 



3 



3 



I 



7 



' 



I 





I 



I 



4 



4 



Over 12 mos. and 

































under 24 mos. - 















I 



16 



5 





II 



5 



I 



14 



4 



Two-year-old and over 















2 



3 



8 



I 



15 



7 





15 



3 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, ivitJi detailed Report on 

 Agriculttcre for the year iZ^jy. [C. — 8885.] Price is. 



A summary of the tables of acreage and produce of the 

 principal crops in Ireland in 1897, which are contained in 

 this volume, was printed in the last number of this journal. 

 'J he enumeration of the live stock in Ireland showed that 

 there were 4,464,874 cattle and 4,157,906 sheep, representing 

 an increase since 1896 of 56,741 and of 77,195 respectively. 

 The number of milch cows was 1,434,925. The total num^ber 

 of pigs was 1,327,450, or a decrease of 77,136 as compared 



