342 -Fifty Years of Hop Farming. 
Imports. 
The importations of hops have naturally affected the values of 
those produced by English growers, and especially of thesecond- 
and third-class qualities. As shown before, the average annual 
price of hops since the repeal of the duty has not been less in an 
important degree than in previous periods. There has, however, 
been a larger decrease in the values of the low classes than in 
the highest classes of hops; and the tendency of the growers in 
these late years, as already noticed, has been to cultivate varieties 
of coarse and common quality, which crop abundantly. 
Prom the Table annexed, showing the importations of hops 
since the duty has been taken off, it will be seen that there has 
been only a comparatively slight increase in the amounts, taking 
each decade. Thus, in the ten years ending 18C9 there were 
161,434 cwt. imported annually. In the decade ending 1879 
the annual average quantity was 185, GG5 cwt. In that ending 
1889 the imported hops amounted to 188,058 cwt., taking the 
average of the ten years. 
Imports of Foreign Hops, with Values. 
Year 
Cwt. 
Value 
Year 
Cwt. 
Value 
£ 
£ 
1840 
107 
1865 
82,479 
459,157 
1841 
34 
1866 
85,687 
567,760 
1842 
1867 
296,117 
1,626,941 
1843 
28 
1868 
231,720 
689,383 
1844 
267 
1869 
322,515 
1,098,475 
1845 
726 
1870 
127,853 
428,525 
1816 
3,283 
1871 
218,664 
895,895 
1847 
1,471 
1872 
135,965 
679,270 
1848 
385 
1873 
122,729 
602,914 
1849 
5,265 
1874 
145,994 
.929,641 
1850 
6,47!) 
1875 
256,444 
1,188,054 
1851 
462 
1876 
167,366 
763,440 
1852 
309 
1877 
250,039 
1,170,621 
1853 
42,344 
1878 
168,834 
631,567 
1 854 
119,040 
1,133,614 
1879 
262,765 
1,217,938 
1855 
24,662 ' 
171,955 
1880 
195,987 
900,891 
1856 
15,987 
39,967 
1881 
147,599 
695,297 
1857 
18,711 
54,965 
1882 
319,620 
2,962,631 
1858 
13,000 
36,618 
1883 
129,900 
1,089,246 
185!) 
2,220 
4,991 
1884 
256,777 
1,615,309 
18(50 
68,918 
568,901 
1885 
266,952 
1,001,7-23 
1861 
149,176 
657,763 
1886 
153,759 
447,253 
1862 
133,791 
723,034 
1887 
145,122 
427,753 
1863 
147,281 
626,660 
1888 
216,606 
799,391 
1864 
98,656 
549,863 
1889 
199,384 
713,094 
The annual average amount of the importation of hops 
during the last twenty years is 187,101 cwt., of a total value 
