1206

RUSSIA

ppes

Total of 90 Governments or Provinces

Siberia

Ste

Crops

1910

1911

1910 26,233-5

1911

1910

1911

Wheat (Winter)

237-1

242-1

18,941-3

464,737-5

356,948-4

„ (Summer)

99,688-9

83,024-0

66,676-4

56,891-7

924,645-3 i 579,259-7

Rye (Winter) .

24,302-9

20,037-1

1,243-0

1,095-3

1,325,557-8 i 1,166,479-8

„ (Summer) .

20,913-6

17,857-2

1,366-1

1,145-7

31,510 6 I 25,462-8

Oats .

73,776-7

61,424-6

12,939-1

11,969-4

943,280-6 1 776,225-7

Barley

8,530-2

7,025-4

16,004-7

15,671-4

648,527-2 j 580,276-7

Various .

6,521-9

6,-675-0

19,624-6

17,339-3

487,210-0 392,896-0

Total .

233,971-3

196,285-4

144,086-8

123,054-1

4,825,469-0 ; 3,877,547-1

Potatoes .

38,074-7

40,961-9

5,160-9

8,530-3

2,231,787-8 i 1,953,968-7

Hay .

485,021-4

438,998-4

170,936-2

167,562-5

2,821, 8760 ! 2,719,045-7

Tobacco production for five years :

— 1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

Number of plantations . . 396,977 Acres under tobacco . . . 144,592 Annual yield in 1,000 pouds . ' 4,486

337,469

164,397

6,265

341,966

170,145

5,758

338,548

162,677

5,744

307,244

180,482

5,490

Number of horses, cattle, &c., in 1911 in thousands : — '

European Russia proper Poland .... Caucasus ... Siberia .... Central Asia .

Total .

Horses

22,055 1,215 1,943 4,643 4,699

34,555

Horned I Sheep and Cattle goats

32,241 2,205 6,915 6,010 5,251

39,143

951

11,606

5,530

21,101

51,622

78,331

Pigs

10,913

587

1,181

1,272

135

14,088

II. Forests.

Of the total area of the Empire under forest, only that of European Russia proper, the Kingdom of Poland and the Caucasus can be estimated with some degree of certitude. In European Russia forests cover a territory of 474 millions of acres ; in Finland, 50 "5 millions ; in Poland, 67 millions ; in the Caucasus, 18 '7 millions, reaching a total for the regions named of 550 millions of acres, 39 per cent, of total area. In the two Ural mountain provinces, forests cover 70 per cent, of total area ; in the two northern provinces, 68 per cent, ; in Finland, 63 per cent, ; in the four lake provinces, 57 per cent.

The State forests of the Empire are distributed as follows (January 1, 1911):—

European Russia Poland Caucasus Siberia Central Asia

Total area

acres

283,839,506

2,101,829

13,311,034

586,359,409

56,300,749

Area in exploitation acres 46,083,337 1,832,597 1,336,097 5,841,541 1,177,653

Total

941,912,52;

56,271,225