§ Mr. de ROTHSCHILDasked the Minister of Agriculture how much arable land has been put to fruit farming in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, in each of the years and 1930?
648Waverage price in each case; and what proportion of the total consumption of hops for brewing purposes in this country is derived from home, continental, and American sources, respectively?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe estimated production of hops in 1929 in the different counties of England was as follows:
Cwt. Kent … … 233,000 Hampshire … … 17,000 Surrey … … 1,900 Sussex … … 36,000 Hereford … … 50,000 Worcester … … 20,000 Salop … … 1,200 Berkshire Gloucester 359,100 Particulars in respect of each of the above counties as to the quality of the crop or as to the average prices realised are not available. I am unable to state what proportions of the hops actually used in brewing are home-produced or imported respectively, but the following table gives figures of the total production of hops in England in each of the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 together with the amounts imported into the United Kingdom from the principal sources:
§ Dr. ADDISONThe following statement shows the area under fruit on agricultural holdings of over one acre in extent in England, Wales and Scotland, as returned on 4th June of each of the years 1929 and 1930:
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— Total area of orchards. Area of small fruit in orchards. Area of small fruit not under orchard trees. 1929 Acres. Acres. Acres. England … … … … 243,021 30,751 33,396 Wales … … … … 5,332 269 526 Total area of small fruit Scotland … … … … 1,019 7,927 1930 England … … … … 241,770 31,794 33,638 Wales … … … … 5,203 263 514 Total area of small fruit Scotland … … … … 1,004 8,229 Information as to the area of fresh land put under fruit in any particular year is not available.