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compared with 299,124 acres at the earlier inquiry, and 

 barley on 134,798 acres, as against 78,820 acres in 1881. 



Industrial plants were grow r n on 308,456 acres in 1895; 

 chey included 82,644 acres under vines, 33,283 acres under 

 arachides, 151,344 acres under sugar cane, 39,014 acres under 

 tobacco, and 2,171 acres under cotton. Of the 222,154 acres 

 credited at the last census to root, vegetable, and pulse crops, 

 potatoes accounted for 52,077 acres, haricots for 51,378 acres, 

 lentils, beans, peas, etc., for 60,508 acres, and other vegetables 

 for 58,191 acres. 



Lucerne is the principal cultivated forage crop, the surface 

 devoted to its growth in 1895 was estimated to amount to 

 1,76 1,335 acres, while other forage crops were grown on only 

 59,532 acres. 



The land returned under woods, orchards, and market 

 gardens extended in 1895 to 504,436 acres, as compared with 

 89,229 acres similarly occupied in 1888. 



With respect to live stock it is stated that owners are 

 oelieved to have generally understated the dimensions of 

 their flocks and herds for fear of affording information which 

 might serve as a pretext for increasing the taxation to which 

 they are subjected. The Reporter of the Census Commission 

 thinks, therefore, that it would be necessary to increase the 

 figures by about 20 per cent, in order to approximate to the 

 truth. A comparison, however, of the results of the Census 

 of 1888 with that of 1895, which was held under the same 

 conditions, is held to give an indication of the progress of 

 the live stock industry. 



The following table show T s the number of cattle of various 

 kinds in the Republic in 1888 and 1895. 



1888. 1895. 



Native Cattle 17,574,572 14,197,159 



Crossbred Cattle - - - 3,388,801^ - ^4,678,348 



Pure-bred Cattle ... - 37,858 72,216 

 Dairy Cows \ 0604*6 f I ' 8oo '799 



Draught Oxen - - - - J y ^ b«e/ I 953>°°4 



Total - - • 21,961,657 21,701,526 



According to these figures, it would appear that between 

 and 1895 there was a diminution of 260,131 head in the 



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