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GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



[Dec. 1895. 



slaughtered on account of contagious diseases since the last 

 enumeration ; to collect information concerning the manures, 

 fertilisers, and feeding stuffs used, the wages of agricultural 

 labour, the selling value of land and the average value of leases, 

 the improvement of lands of whatever kind since 1880, the 

 position of agricultural credit, insurance, and co-operative 

 societies, as well as of institutions having for their object the 

 advancement of various branches of this industry. Detailed 

 statistics are also to be collected concerning forests, unculti- 

 vated lands, and communal lands which are utilised in any 

 way. 



The data as to the yield of the various crops are to be taken 

 from the annual returns, and those of the animals slaughtered 

 on account of disease from the information already in possession 

 of the Minister of Agriculture. The statistics of wages, and of 

 the value of land are to be furnished by the communal autho- 

 rities. The returns of forests, uncultivated and communal lands, 

 will be collected by the Administration of Woods and Forests. 

 All the other returns are to be furnished by the individual 

 farmers, on four schedules, which are to be distributed by special 

 agents between the 1st and 20th December, and collected again 

 during the first fortnight of January. These agents are also to 

 examine and check the schedules as far as possible. 



Among the more noteworthy features of this census are the 

 following : — The agents are to be paid by results, i.e., they will 

 receive a fixed sum for each schedule filled in. The return is 

 obligatory, refusal to furnish the information rendering a person 

 liable to a fine (not exceeding 1^.) or imprisonment (up to seven 

 days) or both. The schedules provide for very detailed returns 

 concerning certain of the crops, e.g., information is required as 

 to clover under the five separate heads of Trifolium incarnatum, 

 red, white, and hybrid clover, and trefoil. Beetroot is in two 

 categories, according to whether it is to be used for sugar or 

 for feeding purposes. The quantity of seed sown per hectare 

 is also demanded in the case of wheat, rye, spelt, oats, barley, 

 and sarrasin, A special return is to be made concerning second 

 crops and plants grown for green-manuring, &c. The census 

 of agricultural machines, manures, feeding stufis, &c., is also 

 intended to be peculiarly complete. 



A partial agricultural census, bearing especially on the crops 

 and the number of principal animals used in agriculture, may, 

 under the provisions of this law, be taken annually in future. 



Live Stock in Bulgaria. 



The Board have received from the Bulgarian Bureau of 

 Statistics, a volume containing the results of the live stock census 

 taken in January, 1893. The number of horses, cattle, sheep, and 



