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by the returns of 1896, and with a view of showing the general 

 distribution of the surface and the distinctive difference as 

 regards arable land, permanent pasture, and rough grazings, 

 offers some general statistics which may be reproduced as 

 under: — 



Agriculture l 

 Divisions. 



of Land 

 and Water. 



Retu-ned 

 as under 

 Woods a> d 

 Planta- 

 tions. 



Approximate 



Area of 

 Mountain and 

 Heath Land 

 use>1 for 

 Grazing. 



Permanent 

 Pasture. 



Arable 

 Land. 



England :— 



Acres. 



Acres 



Ac es. 



Acres 



Acres. 



Eastern Counties - 



14,639,000 



8*5,000 



191 000 



5.087,000 



6,851,000 



Western Counties - 



17.905 000 



841,000 



1,948,000 



8, 67,000 



4,626,000 



Total England - 



32,544,000 



1,666,000 



2,139,000 



13,354,000 



11,477,000 



Wales 



4 774 000 



182,000 



1,128,000 



1,977,000 



858,000 



Scotland : — 













Eastern Counties - 



6,545,000 



457 000 



2,121,000 



519.000 



2,174,000 



Western Counties • 



12,909 coo 



421,000 



7,295,000 



876,000 



1, .,27,000 



Great Fritain 



56, 772,000 



2,726,000 



12,683 000 



16 726,0^0 



15,836,000 



In the comments offered on the yield of the crops of Great 

 Britain in 1896 the general results are discussed and a table 

 is presented showing the average results of the year and of 

 each season since 1886 inclusive, compared with the mean 

 of the ten years 1886-95. These data, so far as regards the 

 past three summers, may be thus summarised as regards 

 yield per acre of the undermentioned crops, taking the ten 

 years' mean as equal to a standard of u 100" in each case. 



Crops. 



Average of 

 Ten Years. 

 1886 95. 



1894. 



1895- 



1896. 





Bus he's. 









Wheat 



28*81 = 100 



107 



91 ! 



117 



Barley 



32*68= 100 



106 



97 



103 



Oats .... 



38-23 = 100 



109 



97 



96 





_ Ions. 









Potatoes - - - 



5 91 = 100 



' 94 ; 



112 



107 . 





Cwts. 









Hay (Clover) 



28-10= 100 





96 



86 - 



Hay (Permanent Grass)- 



23-39=100 



122 



82 



75. 



