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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
