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THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS 

 ACT, 1893. 



Reports received by the Board of Agriculture show that 

 samples were received under the Fertilisers and Feeding 

 Stuffs Act, 1893, in fifty-five counties or county boroughs 

 during the year 1898, the total number of analyses having 

 been 987, of which 698 were fertilisers and 289 feeding 

 stuffs. 



The reports exhibit a substantial increase in the number 

 of samples analysed as compared with the previous year, an 

 increase being recorded in all three divisions of Great Britain, 

 although in England it is much greater than in Scotland, 

 and the number in the latter country has not attained the 

 figure of 1896. 



The comparison for the last three years stands as 

 follows : — 





Number of Counties 

 reporting Analyses. i 



Total Number of 

 Samples Analysed. 





1898. 



1897. 



1896. 



1898. 



1897. 



1896. 



England, Counties 



27 



29 



26 



445 



391 



362 



,, Boroughs 



2 



2 



4 



128 



77 



40 



Wales, Counties 



6 



7 



5 



49 



41 



22 



Scotland, Counties 



20 



18 



20 



365 



341 



378 



,, Boroughs 





I 







2 





Great Britain 



55 



57 



55 



987 



852 



802 



From the appended summary of the samples analysed in 

 each county or county borough from which analyses were 

 reported in 1897 or 1898 it will be seen that of the whole 

 increase of 135 samples no less than 84 were in the 



