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
0-54
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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