760 = 454 
Vegetables. 
countries ; so that, in point of fact, the English hop-grower h{ 
to compete with the whole world, and is heavily handicapped I 
the non-reciprocation of free trade. 
It may be pointed out, in conclusion, that more than a quarti 
of a million acres of land in Great Britain are devoted to tl 
growth of hops, fruit, and vegetables, the rent of which may I 
put at nearly a million and a half pounds sterling ; while tl 
amount of capital employed can hardly be less than six millioi 
sterling. 
