§ Sir WILLIAM COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will give the total acreage under hops in England for each year since the Report of the Select Committee on the Hop Industry in 1908?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe acreage under hops in England and Wales in each year since 1908 has been as follows:—1908, 38,921; 1909, 32,539; 1910, 32,886; 1911, 33,056; 1912, 34,829; 1913, 35,676; 1914, 36,661; 1915, 34,744; 1916, 31,352.