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Table  III. — Estimated  Total  Production  of  Hops  in  the  Years 
1909  and  1908,  with  theAcreageand  Estimated  Average  Yield 
per  Statute  Acre,  in  each  County  of  England  in  which  Hops 
were  grown. 
Counties 
Estimated  total 
produce 
Acreage  returned  on 
4th  June 
Estimated  average 
yield  per  acrei 
1909 
1908 
1909 
1908 
1909 
1908 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
Acres 
Acres 
Cwt. 
Cwt. 
.East  . 
34,861 
84,469 
5,711 
7,364 
6T0 
11-47 
[ Mid.  . . . 
58,283 
118,003 
6,724 
7,900 
8-67 
14-94 
KentJ  Weald 
62,600 
108,843 
7,201 
8,711 
8-69 
12-49 
^ Total,  Kent 
155,744 
311,315 
19,636 
23,975 
7'93 
12-98 
Hants  .... 
9,444 
21,176 
1,414 
1,636 
6-68 
12-94 
Hereford 
14,966 
54,554 
4,997 
5,572 
2-99 
9-79 
Surrey  .... 
2,344 
8,021 
544 
648 
4-31 
12-38 
Sussex  .... 
15,785 
40,203 
2.775 
3,579 
5-69 
11-23 
Worcester  . 
16,123 
34,256 
3,054 
3,353 
5-28  , 
10-22 
Other  Counties^. 
78 
1,236 
119 
158 
0-66 
7-82 
Total 
214,484 
470,761 
32,539 
38,921 
6-59 
12-10 
1 The  average  yield  per  acre  is  calculated  on  the  acreage  returned  on  4th  June, 
but  as  a certain  proportion  of  that  acreage  was  not  picked,  the  yield  per  acre  on  the 
acreage  actually  picfcd  would  he  rather  higher. 
2 Gloucester  and  Salop. 
Table  IV. — Quantities  and  Values  of  Corn  Imported  into  the 
United  Kingdom  in  the  undernoted  Years. 
Description 
Quantities 
Values 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1907 
1908 
1909 
Wheat  .... 
Cwt. 
97,168,000 
Cwt. 
91,132,705 
Cwt. 
97,854,825 
£ 
37,346,830 
£ 
38,295,940 
£ 
45,286,798 
Wheat  meal  and  flour 
13,297,357 
12,969,855 
11,052,540 
6,694,532 
7,075,231 
6,370,488 
Barley  .... 
19,628,620 
18,137.200 
21,556,470 
6,565,006 
6,U3,945 
7,143,849 
Oats 
10,488,290 
14,271,150 
17,840,498 
3,384,577 
4,162,775 
6,439,484 
Peas  .... 
1,245,670 
1,060,999 
1,314,149 
602,648 
538,315 
603,054 
Beans  .... 
799,569 
1,043,097 
2,171,230 
290,693 
373,018 
757,600 
Maize  .... 
53,378,950 
33,841,000 
39,362,605 
14,604,159 
10,388,061 
12,122,272 
Oatmeal  and  groats  . 
638,702 
500,698 
583,125 
479,352 
416,134 
465,118 
Maize  meal  . 
658,656 
450,410 
334,140 
213,581 
159,484 
127,751 
Other  kinds  of  com  1 
and  meal . . j 
1,588,958 
1,618,180 
1,626,296 
644,789 
682,289 
677,547 
D D 2 
