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STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
SuMMAUY OF Agkicultural Returxs OF Great Brixain for 1891. 
Note.— The Ecturns were collected on June i in the Years 1880, 1890, and 1891. 
Acreage of Land in Great Britain under— 
Year 
Wheat 
Barley 
0.->ts 
Potatoes 
Hops 
1889 
1890 
Acres 
2,149,354 
2.386,336 
2,307,277 
Acres 
2,121,530 
2,111,178 
2,112,798 
Acres 
2,888,704 
2,902,998 
2,899,129 
Acres 
579,222 
529,661 
532,794 
Acres 
57,724 
53,916 
56,148 
1891 
coiupaicd . 
with 
1890 
lucrease | 
Decrease | 
1,620 
or 0-1 
per cent. 
3,133 
or 0-6 
per cent. 
2,187 
or 41 
per cent. 
79,059 
or 3-3 
per cent. 
3,869 
or 01 
per cent. 
1891 
compared 
with 
1889 
( 
Increase | 
■ Decrease | 
10,425 
or 0-4 
per cent. 
142,077 
or 5' 8 
per cent. 
8,732 
or 0-4 
per cent. 
46,428 
or 8 0 
per cent. 
1,570 
or 2-7 
per cent. 
NltiIber of Cattle in Great Britain. 
CATfLS 
Yji.Ui 
CoM's Rnd 
heifers in 
milk or iu 
cal£ 
2 years old 
aud aborc 
Under 2 
years old 
Total 
1889 
1890 
1891 
No. 
2,433,039 
2,537,990 
2,657,054 
No. 
1,453,859 
1,439,119 
1,504,049 
No. 
2,252,057 
2,531,523 
2,691,118 
No. 
0,139,555 
0,508,032 
0,852,821 
Increase in 1891 com- f 
pared with 1890 . . | 
119,064 
or 4-7 
per cent. 
65,530 
or 4-6 
per cent. 
159,595 
or 6'3 
per cent. 
344,189 
or 5' 3 
per cent. 
Increase in 1891 com- f 
pared with 1889 . . | 
223.415 
or 9-2 
per cent. 
50,790 
or 3 5 
per cent. 
439,001 
or 19-5 
per cent . 
713,260 
or 110 
per cent. 
