PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY
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The changes in the number and acreage of holdings between 1885 and 1895 are shown in five categories, thus : —
Holdings in Great Britain 1885 1895 5 to 50 Acres 50 „ 100 „ j 100 „ 300 ,, 300 ,, 500 ,,
- Over 500 ,,
Total . No. 232,955 64,715 79,573 13,875 5,489 Acreage 4,481,354 4,746,520 13,658,495 5,241,168 4,029,843 32,157,380 No. 235,481 66,625 81,245 13,568 5,219 Acreage 4,532,623 4,885,203 13,875,914 5,113,945 3,803,036 396,607 402,138 32,210,721
Of holdings of one to five acres (both included) there were in Great Britain in 1885, 135,736 with an acreage of 389,677 acres ; in 1895, 134,677 with a total of 383,501 acres. The total number of holdings of one acre and under (stated to be only approximate) is put at 579,133 (37,143 acre plots, and 541,990 of smaller size). Of these there are returned as allotments detached from cottages 20,434 acre plots, and 488,550 smaller holdings (455,005 in 1890, and 357,795 in 1886). The gross estimated rental of the agricultural land of England and Wales is 26,881,783Z., and the rateable value 24,565,075Z., while of buildings, &c., not agricultural, the gross estimated rental is 172,347,123Z., and the rateable value 140,847,206Z. The following table shows the number of holdings, by classes, for each province of Ireland, in 1896 and 1897, and the increase or decrease in the latter year : —
Provinces Number and Classification of Holdings Not exceeding 1 acre Above 1 and not exceeding 5 acres Above 5 and not exceeding 15 acres Above 15 and not exceeding 30 acres Above 30 and not exceeding 50 acres T . . /1896 Leinster . j^gg^ TUT ^. /1896 Munster . j^gg^ Ulster . . {llf^ Connaught . [\lf^ Total of Ireland |}^^^ Increase or decrease / in 1897 . . \ 19,815 21,015 17,435 17,412 17,067 17,446 6,490 6,316 17,744 17,638 11,121 11,249 20,804 20,604 12,552 12,539 25,501 25,411 18,975 19,132 64,381 63,884 46,476 46,637 21,931 21,996 24,170 24,059 53,505 53,567 33,605 33,686 15,237 15,152 22,143 22,198 24,910 25,093 11,715 11,638 60,807 62,189 62,221 62,030 155,333 155,064 133,211 133,308 74,005 74,081 Increase 1,382 Decrease 191 Decrease . 269 Increase 97 Increase 76
