G55 
STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
Summary of Agricultural Returns of Great Britain for 1893. 
Note. — The Returns mere collected on June 4 in the Years 1891 and 1892, 
and on June 5 in the Year 1893. 
Acreage of Land in Great Britain under — 
Yf.au 
Wheat j 
Barley 
Oats 
Potatoes 
Hops 
1891 
1892 
1893 
Acres 
2,307,277 
2,219,838 
1,897,488 
Acres 
2,112,798 
2,036,810 
2,076,097 
Acres 
2,899,129 
2,997,545 
3,171,756 
A 
cres 
532,794 
525,361 
627,821 
Acres 
56,142 
56,259 
57,576 
1893 
compared . 
with 
1892 
Increase j 
— 
39,287 
or l - 9 
per cent. 
174,211 
or 5’8 
per cent. 
2,460 
or 0-5 
per cent. 
1,317 
or 2-3 
per cent. 
Decrease j 
322,350 
or 14 - 5 
per cent. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1893 
compared 
with 
1891 
, Increase j 
— 
— 
272,627 
or 9‘4 
per cent. 
— 
1,434 
or 2‘6 
per cent. 
• Decrease j 
409,789 
or 17'8 
per cent. 
36,701 
or 1-7 
per cent. 
— 
4,973 
or 0-9 
per cent. 
— 
Number of Cattle in Great Britain. 
Year 
Cattle 
Cows and 
heifers in 
milk or in 
calf 
2 years old 
and above 
Under 2 
years old 
Total 
1891 
1892 
1893 
No. 
2,657,054 
2,650,891 
2,554,624 
No. 
1,504,649 
1,666,706 
1,580,242 
No. 
2,691,118 
2,627,186 
2,565,810 
No. 
6,852,821 
6,944,783 
6,700,676 
Decrease in 1893 com- 
pared with 1892 . . 
96,267 
or 3'6 
per cent. 
86,464 
or 5-2 
per cent. 
61,376 
or 2-3 
per cent. 
244,107 
or 3-5 
per cent. 
1893 f Increase | 
compared J 
with j , 
'■Decrease j 
— 
75,593 
or 5'0 
per cent. 
— 
— 
102,430 
or 3 9 
per cent. 
— 
125,308 
or 4-7 
per cent. 
152,145 
or 2' 2 
per cent. 
