March 1896.] 



THE HOP CROP IN 1895. 



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past ]0 years, inclading 1895. The average annual amount of 

 foreign hops exported during this decade is much increased by 

 the extraordinary quantity of 45,096 cwt. sent to the United 

 States in 1886, in which year a very large crop, equal to 

 776,144 cwt., was grown in England. 



The following table shows the acreage, estimated total pro- 

 duce, and estimated aver.ige yield per acre of hops in Great 

 Britain, for each year from 1885 to 1895, together with the 

 total quantities of hops imported and exported, and the average 

 value per cwt. of the imported hops : — 



Year. 



Acreage. 



Pro- 

 duction. 



Produce 

 per Acre. 



Imports. 



Exports. 



Value of 

 Imports 

 per Cwt. 







Acres. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



£ 



1881 





64,913 







147,559 



23,190 



4-71 



1882 





65,619 



~ 





319,620 



14,094 



9-27 



1883 





68,016 





- 



129,900 



22,812 



8-39 



188-i 





69,259 







256,777 



18,256 



6-29 



1885 ■ 





71,327 



509,170 



7*14 



266,952 



14,458 



3*75 



1886 





70,127 



776,144 



11-07 



153,759 



69,323 



2-91 



1887 



■ 



63,709 



457,515 



7*18 



145,122 



27,760 



2-95 



1888 



. . . . 



58,494 



281,291 



4-81 



216,606 



14,811 



3-70 



1889 





57,724 



497,811 



8-62 



199,384 



18,041 



3-58 



1890 





53,901 



283,629 



5*26 



188,028 



12,494 



4-67 



1891 





56,142 



436,716 



7-78 



195,266 



9,740 



5 '02 



1892 





56,259 



413,259 



7-35 



187,507 



10,673 



5*12 



1893 





57,564 



414,929 



7-21 



204,392 



18,676 



5-58 



1894 





59,535 



636,846 



10-70 



189,155 



20,839 



4-09 



1895 





58,940 



553,396 



9-39 



217,161 



13,132 



2-97 



By adding the net imports to the estimated production shown 

 in the foregoing table, it will be found that the average annual 

 quantity of hops available for consumption in Great Britain in 

 the six years 1885-90 was 636,421 cwts., and that in the five 

 years 1891-95 it was 675,113 cwts. 



