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production of New South Wales, Queensland, South Aus- 

 tralia, Victoria, West Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania 

 than have been available in former years, while the figure^ 

 for such provinces of Canada as supply information have 

 also been extended. Among the tables relating to foreign 

 countries it is noted that the completion of the long- 

 delayed Belgian Agricultural Census of 1895 has permitted 

 a considerable extension and correction of the information 

 previously available as to the crops and live stock of 

 Belgium. The report concludes with a comparative review 

 of the recent changes in grain areas and grain production, and 

 in the number of live stock enumerated in the various foreign 

 countries whence official information has been received in 

 time to be summarised in the final tables of the volume of 

 Agricultural Returns. 



Agricultural Rates, Congested Districts, and Borough Land Tax 

 Relief {Scotland) Act, 1896. Valuation and Amounts 

 Certified and Annual Amounts Distributed. [C. 9173.] 

 Price is. id. 



From this return it appears that a sum of £183,303 was 

 distributed out of the Local Taxation (Scotland) Account 

 under this Act, of which £15,000 was for the improvement oi 

 congested districts in the Highlands and Islands. Details of 

 the valuation in each parish and county for rates are given, 

 together with the amounts paid over ; the total paid to 

 county councils was £62,455, and to parish councils 

 £97,858 ; £7,990 being paid to the Commissioners of Inland 

 Revenue and to burghs in respect of land tax. The total 

 valuation of parishes in each county for the purpose of poor 

 rate amounted to £25,156,454, of which £5,783,489 repre- 

 sented the total valuation of agricultural lands and heritages. 



Report of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland, 

 1898-99. \C. 9307.] Price <\d. 

 One form of technical instruction which is specially pro- 

 vided for in Scotland by the Technical Instruction Amend- 



