234 Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests. 
in this Society’s Journal) ; and lastly, by the complete list of 
the publications issued from the Rothamsted Experimental 
Station from 1843-1905, printed as Appendix I. 
“ Good and true work is usually abundantly prolific.” So 
wrote the late Lord Cathcart in the address from the Society 
to Sir John Lawes in 1893. The phrase is still more applicable 
now when local agricultural experiments are being carried out 
in many new directions, all deriving inspiration and guidance 
from Rothamsted, and the noble life-work of Lawes and 
Gilbert. 
Ernest H. Godfrey. 
13 Hanover Square, W. 
STATISTICS AFFECTING BRITISH 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 
The tables printed on pp. 240-253 are compiled from the official 
publications of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 
including the Agricultural Returns for 1904 [Cd. 2594] ; the 
Acreage and Live Stock Returns issued last October ; the 
preliminary statements as to produce of crops and yield per 
acre for 1905 ; the Board of Agriculture Journal ; and Yol. I. 
of the Annual Statement of the Board of Trade. Where not 
otherwise stated the figures are taken from the Agricultural 
Returns and the Statements of the Board of Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 
Acreage of Woodlands in Great Britain. 
In connection with the Agricultural Returns of 1905, 
special inquiries were made with the view of ascertaining the 
extent of land occupied by woods in Great Britain. In the 
Memorandum prefixed to the Acreage and Live Stock Returns 
for 1905, it is stated that the woodland area is now returned 
under the several categories of (1) Coppice, i.e., woods, whether 
containing standards or not, that are entirely cut over periodi- 
cally and reproduce themselves naturally by stool shoots ; 
(2) Plantations, i.e ., land planted or replanted within the last 
ten years ; and (3) “ Other woods,” which include all land 
(not returned as coppice or plantation) used altogether or 
mainly for the growth of wood (other than orchards). 
The result of the inquiries is given in the following Table, 
in which the returns are summarised geographically in the 
groups of counties usually adopted, and which shows the 
distribution of the woodland acreage of 1905 : — 
