547 



short of the mean for the period 1891-1900. The following 

 table shows the area, production and yield per acre of the 

 principal crops in Ireland, with comparative figures for the 

 decennial period 189 1 -1900. 



Potatoes - 



Turnips - - . 



Mangel Wurzel and 1 

 Beet Root / 



Flax 



/'Clover, Sainfoin 1 

 J! j and Grasses under J 

 -< rotation J 



i Permanent Pas-"| 

 jjp ture or Grass not ' 

 "< | broken up in Ro- f 



V tation J 



Area. 



Production. 



Yield per Acre. 





1901. 



1891-1900 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Wheat - 



4^>934 



54,089 



Oats 



i : oqo.335 



i ; i93o86 



Barley - 



161.534 



170,318 



Bere- 



150 



234 



Rye- - - - 



11,001 



12,615 



635,321 

 289,759 



77,457 



617,330 



1 561,262 



1901. 



189I-I9OO 



1901 



1891-1900. 



Bushels. 







Bushels. 



Bushefs. 



Bushels. 



1,470.127 



i,695,499 







34*2 



3i'3 



51,069,001 



^2 02Q. 



46-4 



43 5 



6,530,716 



6,527,942 



40-4 



38-3 



4,847 



7 109 



32 - 3 



30"3 



280,661 



299,958 



25'5 



' 237 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



3,372.214 



2,577,505 



5"3 



3'7 



4,884.301 



4,485,327 



16-9 



*4'7 



1,451,780 



870,474 



187 



i5'7 







Stones. 



Stones. 



13,275 



11,416 



38-3 



28-8 







Tons. 



Tons. 



T, 306,687 



1,344:572 



2*1 



2T 



3,433,055 



3,493,985 





2*3 



The quantity of honey produced in the country in 1900 

 was nearly double the average quantity for tire preceding ten 

 years, but below the quantity returned for 1899. The actual 

 quantity of honey produced in 1900 was 623,559 lbs. or 

 284,718 lbs. above the normal ; while the amount of wax 

 manufactured is estimated at 6,743 lbs. The number of 

 stocks brought through the winter of 1 900-1 901 was 33,171, 

 of which 16,754 were in hives having movable combs, and 

 16,417 in other hives. 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, 190 1 . — Report on Irish M igratory 

 Labourers \_Cd. 850]. Price i\d. 

 The number of Irish agricultural labourers who sought 

 temporary work in Great Britain in 1901 is given in this 



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