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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

knots respectively. There are also 9 cruisers of the Pelorus class, 7 of the Astrcea class and some 14 or so of the Apollo class, of which about half are mine layers. Niohe of Diadem class is in Canadian navy. Encounter of GhalUnger class in Australian. Eight light cruisers building under estimates 1912-13.

There are a variety of gunboats, store-ships, &c. A unique feature of the British Navy is its very fall equipment of repair ships and other auxiliaries. Destroyers built may be classified as follows: —

Practically obsolete Quite obsolete

66 14

Modern . . . .114 Fairly modern ... 32

The submarines are of four general types, A, H, or C, D, and E.

During 1912 the naval wing of the Royal Flying Corps was founded. At the end of the year 2 (or 3) dirigibles were on order, and one small one in existence. Also a number of hydro-aeroplanes.

Production and Industry.

I. Agriculture.

General distribution of the surface in 1911 (Woods and Plantations in

1908; : —

Divisions

Total surface

(land and

water)

Woods and

plantations

(1908)

Mountain

and heath

grazing land

Acres

2,463,000

1,343,000

9,069,000

2

28,000 2,000

Permanent ]>asture

Arable land

England Wales . Scotland Ireland . Isle of Man . Channel Islands .

Acres

32,564,000

4,778,000

19,462,000

20,731,000

141,000

44,000

Acres

1,720,000

187,000

875,000

302,000 i

1,000

170

Acres

-13,903,000

2,046,000

1,497,000

9,767,000

19,000

10,000

Acres

10,575,000

724,000

3,349,000

4,943,000

74,000

22,000

Total .

77,720,000

3,085,170

12,905,000

27,242,000

19,1587,000

1 Area under woods and i)lantations in Ireland in 1912, 292,000 acres.

2 Corresponding figures not available.

Distribution of the cultivated area, and the number of live stock ;—

—

1904

1909

1910 Acres

1911

1912

Great Britain :

Acres

Acres

Acres

Acres

Corn crops

6,953,034

7,023,101

7,045,528

7,040,749

7,154,742

Green crops

3,036,026

3,083,901

2,994,891

3,040,016

3,115,696

Flax

563

295

229

449

849

Hops

47,799

32,539

32,886

33,056

34,831

Small fruit

77,947

87,116

84,309

84,308

85,127

Bare fallow

. 4.32,690

289,141

354,010

329,402

280,746

Clover and ma-

ture grasses .

4,671,495

4,214,575

4,157,037

4,119,808

3, 991^029

Permanent pas-

ture

17,098,056

17,452,405

17,477,040

17,446,870

17,335,721

32,317,610

32,145,930

32,094,658

Total

32,183,073

31,998,739