398 



Bavarian Hop Crop. 



United Kingdom. In 1894 the quantity received was 79,000 

 cwts, but in 1 898 over 1 80,000 cwts were credited to Russia, 

 while in the previous year the receipts from the same source 

 amounted to nearly 199,000 cwt. This butter is chiefly 

 produced in the Finnish provinces. 



Information has been received through the Foreign Office 

 that the area under hops in Bavaria this 



BaV£ £rop Hop year amounted to 55,350 acres, or a little 

 more than in 1898, but some 8,000 acres 

 less than in 1896 and 1897. The yield, however, seems 

 to have been poor, the total production being given as 207,000 

 cwt., equivalent to 3} cwt. per acre. The quality was offici- 

 ally estimated to be good, but it was thought that the heavy 

 rains and floods which had occurred might prove to have 

 been the cause of injury. 



The export of butter, which in the economy of Finland 

 plays so considerable a part, declined in 



B ^inland° m 1898 to the extent of over 4°> 00 ° casks or 

 about 40,000 cwts., representing a value 

 of about £2 80,000. The total export of butter during the 

 year amounted to 244,000 cwts., against 284,000 cwts. in 

 1897. This decrease in the export is due partly to the 

 increased prosperity within the country, which has made a 

 greater home consumption of butter possible, whereby the 

 export has naturally decreased, partly to the price of butter 

 being comparatively low in the world's market owing to 

 American and Australian competition, partly also to consider- 

 able tracts having been inundated in the spring, in conse- 

 quence of which the hay harvest failed in many places and 

 necessitated the slaughtering of the cattle. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series. A T o. 2343. Price 5d.] 



