REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. Ze 

of five years, and nearly two-fifths of this result was obtained 
in the northern districts of the Central Provinces. In Berar 
and the Nizam’s territory there was practically no harvest 
and Bombay was almost as bad. In Central India and 
Rajputana from two-thirds to three-fourths of the crop. 
were lost. 
The total yield from all the provinces is estimated to amount 
to 4,890,596 tons, and the following particulars are given for, 
the different provinces, with comparative figures for last year. 


Area. Production. 
Province. 
1899-1900.| 1898-99. | 1899-1900.| 1898-99. 
Acres. Acres. Tons. Tons. 
Panjab 900 els ers con. | 6, 366, 500 7)729,200 1,823,182 1,977,777 
North-Western Provincesand Oudh | 4,800,709 | 4,818,528 | 1,950,814 | 1,808,516 | 
Bengal 500 000 1,555,800 1,582,500 572,600 656,400 
Central Provinces ... 1,619,989 | 2,505,299 194,070 456,169 
Bombay 1,259,909 | 2,470,998 97,824 | 737,385 | 
Sind 357,022 | 369,706 71,116 81,231 
Berar si ae 17,910 | 436,362 251 21,892 | 
Nizam’s Territory ... 419,633 | 1,196,520 2,026 35,604 J 
Rajputana ... 360,733 | 1,196,014 79,289 | 276,388 | 
Central India 676,083 | 1,613,851 99,170 | 287,749 | 
Mysore 2,758 4,029 254 492 
Total 17,437,046 |23,923,007 | 4,890,596 | 6,339,603 |) 







CROPS IN RUSSIA. 
According to reports received through the Foreign, 
Office from Mr. Henry Cooke, British Commercial Agent in 
Russia, the harvests prospects at the beginning of August 
in Europian Russia were generally favourable and above 
the average. The Siberian crops were, however, reported to. 
be unsatisfactory, and fears were entertained asto the yield 
being sufficient to meet the demands of the coming winter, 
the increasing export of Siberian grain of late years having 
considerably 
reduced reserves, while the immigration 
movement has, till its present temporary interruption, been, 
assuming larger and larger proportions. 
