§ MR. H. J. WILSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Holmfirth)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that the boards of guardians and assessment committees are very anxious that the Valuation Bill should not be proceeded with till sufficient time has elapsed for the full consideration of the Bill; and whether he will fix such a date as to allay such anxiety.
| Year. | England. | Scotland. | Ireland. | |||
| Acreage. | Produce. | Acreage. | Produce. | Acreage. | Produce. | |
| Wheat. | ||||||
| Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | ||||
| 1899 | 1,899,827 | 62,380,067 | 47,256 | 1,768,320 | 51,866 | 1,731,244 |
| 1900 | 1,744,556 | 49,528,385 | 48,832 | 1,779,125 | 53,821 | 1,682,285 |
| 1901 | 1,617,721 | 49,882,607 | 36,225 | 1,418,262 | 42,934 | 1,470,127 |
| 1902 | 1,630,892 | 53,529,442 | 47,258 | 1,799,277 | 44,244 | 1,601,660 |
| 1903 | 1,497,254 | 45,102,329 | 41,131 | 1,481,258 | 37,596 | 1,175,972 |
| Barley. | ||||||
| 1899 | 1,635,634 | 56,164.313 | 240,496 | 8,222,891 | 169,678 | 6,816,708 |
| 1900 | 1,645,022 | 50,977,265 | 240,195 | 7,995,373 | 174,173 | 6,231,384 |
| 1901 | 1,635,426 | 49,557,593 | 235,115 | 8,533,696 | 161,684 | 6,535,563 |
| 1902 | 1,579,027 | 54,947,154 | 229,080 | 8,137,256 | 167,877 | 7,944,597 |
| 1903 | 1,545,354 | 49,081,389 | 214,050 | 7,502,478 | 158,791 | 5,835,644 |
| Corn Crops.† | ||||||
| 1899 | 5,710,963 | 203,813,660 | 1,259,788 | 43,770,643 | 1,359,495 | 60,036,261 |
| 1900 | 5,652,619 | 185,033,010 | 1,252,406 | 44,238,519 | 1,335,782 | 58,295,819 |
| 1901 | 5,473,636 | 176,852,210 | 1,241,610 | 46,171,736 | 1,306,573 | 59,172,138 |
| 1902 | 5,506,945 | 207,712,702 | 1,244,676 | 40,040,773 | 1,296,930 | 63,459,722 |
| 1903 | 5,402,034 | 188,801,836 | 1,240,126 | 44,617,669 | 1,296,295 | 55,364,589 |
| † Exclusive of rye, for which no estimates of produce are made. |
§ (Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) I do not propose to take the Second Reading of this Bill until after Whitsuntide.