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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



published in the issues of this Journal for December and 

 March last. The Central Statistical Committee have since 

 published complete details of the yields of the principal 

 crops in the seventy - two governments of the Empire. 

 According to these returns the acreage and production of 

 the chief cereals and of potatoes in 1900 is estimated to 

 have been as under : — 



Acreage, 1900. 



Governments. 



Wheat. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Potatoes. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



50 European Governments 

 to Polish Governments 

 4 Caucasian Governments 

 4 Siberian Governments - 

 4 Asiatic Governments 



39,971,400 

 1,317.700 

 6,229,000 

 3,660,600 

 1,140,200 



65,745,600 

 4,921.600 

 635,400 

 2,143,400 

 55,800 



17,587.400 

 1,112,900 

 1,573,300 

 347,5oo 

 128,200 



37-.403.4oo 

 2,600.400 



664 500 

 2 765,700 



418 400 



6,773,100 

 2,128.800 

 211 100 

 173,100 

 21.900 



Total - 



52,318,90c 



73,502,000 



20,749 300 



43 852 400 



9,308.000 



Production , 1900. 



Governments. 



Wheat. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oat-. 



Potatoes. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 







Tons. 



i 50 European Governments 

 10 Polish Governments - 

 4 Caucasian Governments 

 4 Siberian Governments - 

 4 Asiatic Governments 



39,774,600 

 2,457»5oo 

 7,096 300 

 2,513,600 

 867.100 



96,393,400 

 7,864,500 

 872,400 

 1,843,700 

 39,600 



22,397,400 

 2,202,900 

 3,242,400 

 355,200 

 151,000 



76,073.300 

 5.238,400 

 1,791,200 

 3,570,100 

 ,"2.<X> 



16,569,200 

 8,283,400 

 356 400 

 450,800 

 29,800 



Total - 



52,709,100 



107,013 600 



28,348,900 



87,285,200 



25,694,600 



The general cereal harvest, which, in addition to the four 

 grains named above, includes also spelt, buckwheat, millet, 

 and maize, is stated to have been about 10 per cent, above 

 the quinquennial average in the sixty governments of 

 European Russia. The harvest is, however, reported to have 

 been insufficient, owing to unfavourable climatic conditions, in 

 the Steppe Provinces, in the south-west of European Russia, 

 and also in a smaller area in the north. 



