-2- increases in the principal crops may be given as follows:- Wheat 223% Barley 908% Oats 38% Potatoes 19% Flax 112% With regard to barley, it may be pointed out that though the returns from two of the principal barley growing districts in Northern Ireland have not yet been received the acreage under that crop is already larger than the total acreage in Northern Ireland in any year since 1861. The livestock figures for the same 18 Constabulary Districts show the trend of the position. The percentage decreases are a the moment Cattle 3.