§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what was the English acreage of hops in the years 1820, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1907.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) The existing system of collecting returns of the acreage under hops in England only commenced in 1866. The figures for 1875 and other years specified are as follows:—
Year. Acreage. 1875 69,171 1885 71,327 1895 58,940 1907 44,938