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which Hops were grown, with a Comparative Statement 

 for the years 1898, 1S97, and 1896. > ! 



Counties. 



§ 1899. 



1898. 



1897 ■ . 



.,1896. 





•Acres. 



Acres . 



Acres. , 



( Acres. 



Berks -•.«._■ - 









4 





42 



40 



40 



• 1 49 



Hants 



2,319 



2,263 



2,306 



2,494 



Hereford- - 



7,227 



6,651 



6,542 



6,895 



Kent 



31,988 



30>94i 



31,661 



33,300 



Monmouth 





2 



2 





Salop - - - - 



138 



126 



129 



140 



Suffolk - - - 



4 





2 



• '4 



Surrey - - - . - - 



1,388 



i,3i3 



1,416 



1,623 



Sussex ----- 



4,949 



4,829 



5J74 



S,9o8 



Worcester - - - 



3,788 



3,567 



3o9i 



3,800 



Total - 



51,843 



49,735 



50,863 



54,217 



Agricultural Distress in Roumania. 



Information has been received through the Foreign Office 

 that the Roumanian Government has obtained from Parlia- 

 ment a credit of 2,000,000 francs (^80,000) for the purchase and 

 distribution by the State of millet, and for other measures 

 which have been, and will be, incurred in connection with 

 the relief of agricultural distress. 



Local authorities have been empowered to contract loans 

 aggregating ;£ 140,000 tor granting aid to the peasants., who 

 have also received permission to pasture their cattle in the 

 State forests. 



All the millet available in the country has been purchased 

 and distributed for immediate sowing ; which, it is hoped, 

 will with favourable rains produce not only fodder for cattle, 

 but, in case of necessity, grain for the people. 



Reductions have been made in the rates of transport for 

 fodder and cattle by railway. It has also been decided thai 

 the State shall purchase fodder, to be sold on credit at 

 moderate prices in the distressed districts. 



To encourage the production of food for cattle, the farmers 

 on State lands have been permitted to sow one-fourth of the 

 land which should by regulation be left fallow, with millet ; 

 0:1 condition that at least halt of the land should be allotted 



