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 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

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II. — Output of certain Minerals undev the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts.

Barium (compounds).

Clay and shale ....

Copper ore and copper precipitate

Fluorspar

Gold ore

Gypsum

Igneous rocks ....

Iron ore

Lead ore

Limestone 1 ... Manganese ore .... Rock salt. ..

Sandstone 2

Slate

Tin ore, dressed 3 .... Zinc ore

1911

3912

Tons

Tons

33,610

38,055

128,470

123,279

8,244

1,912

31,587

28,691

2,752

170

233,732

243,811

59,461

61,117

1,823,795

1,672,988

23,864

25,323

404,705

343,424

4,987

4,170

200,620

218,055

98,482

98,158

110,608

101,648

<),618

6,817

17,652

17,704

1 Including 2,515 tons of calc spar in 1911 and 1,432 tons in 1912. ^ Including 666 tons of ganister in 1911.

•j In addition, 408 tons of undressed tin ore were obtained in 1912. Agriculture. — The final estimates of the crops in the United Kingdom in 1912 are as follows : —

Acreage,

Produce,

Yield per acre,

1912

1912

1912

Acres

Quarters

Bushels

Wheat

1,970,542

7,175,288

29-13

Barley and Bore ....

1,813,559

7,275,900

32-10

Oats

4,075,054

20,600,079

40-44

Beans

280,951

973,006

27-71

Peas

173,956

490,562

22-56

Tons

Tons

Potatoes

1,207,855

5,726,342

4-74

Turnips and Swedes

1,784,306

24,061,857

13-49

Mangold

570,18*6

10,137,766

17-78

Hay from Glover, Sainfoin, &c.

2,895,477

4,385,235

1-51

Hay from Permanent Grass.

6,678,642

9,638,987

1-44

Hops

34,829

18,672

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ENGLAND AND WALES.

Vital Statistics, 1912.— Births, 873,000 ; deaths, 487,000. Birth rate, 23-8 ; death rate 13-3 per 1,000 of population.

Pmiperism.— The number of paupers of all classes and the annual expenditure on the relief of the poor and purposes connected therewith, in England and Wales, in certain years from 1848-9, are given as follows : —

Mean number of paupers

Total Expenditure

Amount

per pauper

Amount

Year

Total

1

Per 1,000 of estimated population

per head

of population

£

£ s. d.

s. d.

1848-49

1,089,000

62-7

5,793,000

5 6 5

6 8

1859-60 -

845,000

42-9

5,455,000

6 9 2

5 7

1869-70

1,033,000

46-5

7,644,000

7 8

6 11

1879-80

SOS. 000

31-8

8,015,000

9 18 5

f. 4

1889-90

775,000

27-3

8,434,000

10 17 3

5 1]

1899-1900

788,000

24-7

11,568,00(1

14 11 10

7 3

1909-10

910,000

25-9

14,850,000

16 4 1

8 5

1910-11

886,000

24-8

15,023,000

16 19 1

8 5

1911-12

' 780,000

21-6

14,464,000

18 10 9

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