§ Mr. FLYNNasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), in reference to the agricultural statistics just issued showing an acreage under the barley crop of 154,596 acres in 1908, as compared with 170,431 in 1907; and whether he will state the acreage of that crop for the years 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895 and 1900, respectively?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe particulars asked for are as follows:—
Year. Barley. Acres. Bere. Acres. Total. Acres. 1880 218,016 561 218,577 1885 179.133 344 179,477 1890 182,058 379 182,437 1895 171,650 139 171,789 1990 173,996 177 174,173 The figures quoted in the question for years 1907 and 1908 include Bere.