366 Home Produce, hnports, and Consumption of Wheat. 
The whole of our numerical records in regard to the area 
under wheat in England are, then, as follows : — 
Acres. 
For 1850— Mr. CaivcV.s Estimate 3,416,000 
„ 186G— " Aa;ricultural Eetmii.s " .. .. 3,126,431 
„ 1867— "Do. do 3,140,025 
Adopting these figures as a basis, v*e have distributed the 
diflference between the amount estimated for 1850 and that 
returned for 186G equally from year to year among the inter- 
mediate years. 
For Wales the " Agricultural Returns " give us the area for 
1866 as 113,862, and for 1867 as 116,733 acres; but we have 
no information whatever in respect to anv other year. We 
adopt, therefore, the official figure given for 1866 for each of the 
preceding years. 
In Appendix-Table I., p. 392, will be found the estimated 
area under wheat in England and Wales collectively each year, 
obtained by the simple addition of the figures adopted for each, 
as above described. 
In regard to Scotland, we have returns of the acreage under 
wheat in 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857, collected by the Highland 
Society*; and for 1866 and 1867, we have the "Agricultural 
Returns," collected by officers of the Inland Revenue Service, 
under the auspices of the Statistical Department of the Board of 
Trade. The results are as follows : — 
Table 11. — Area under Wheat ix Scotland. 
Years. 
Acres. 
1854 

168,216 
1855 
191, .301 
185G 
203,328 
1857 
223,153 
Mean 
211,500 
1866 
110,101 
1867 
111,118 
Mean 
110,010 
AlTHORITV. 
ji Highland Society. 
Inland Revenue Officers. 
* 'Agricultural Stat stics of Scotland.' Report by the Highland and Agricul- 
tural Society of Scotland to the Board of T/ade. 
