BULGARIA. No official estimates of crop production are available for Bulgaria. The statistics of trade which are compiled and presented below are taken from the official publication relative to the foreign commerce of the principality of Bulgaria, which is published in the Bulgarian language, and is translated into English as follows: Statistika Turgoiyata na Bulgarskoto Knyazhestvo. The imports of wheat are inconsiderable, but the export trade is very considerable, taking into account the resources of the country. It is increasing, and averages for the ten years, 1881 to 1890, inclusive, nearly 6,000,000 bushels per annum, having risen from less than 2,000,000 in 1881 to more than 11,000,000 in 1889. Corn is a standard crop in the countries along the lower Danube, and Bulgaria contributes more than 3,000,000 bushels each year to the commerce of the world in that grain. The trade in rye and barley is small, the net exportation averaging less than 1,000,000 bushels of each during the ten years past. The trade in tobacco is not large, but it is noticeable that there is a very marked tendency toward a decrease in the imports and an equally strong trend toward an increase in exports. In 1884 there was a net importation of 200,000 pounds, while in 1890 the balance was in favor of exportation by nearly 850,000 pounds. So far as can be ascertained from the official volume for that year there were no exports of tobacco in 1883. In dairy products Bulgaria is an exporting country, both in butter and cheese, but the trade in butter is of little consequence. In cheese, however, there is an annual net exportation of more than 3,000,000 pounds, and the shipments are apparently increasing from year to year. The figures on wool include both washed and unwashed wool and show a net exportation for the period 1881 to 1890 of more than 600,000 pounds per annum. This statement, however, does not fairly represent the present state of the wool trade of the country. In the earlier years of the decade the export trade was large and averaged 1,200,000 pounds per annum, while the imports for the same period averaged but little over 140,000 pounds per annum. In the last five years exports have diminished until the average for the period is only about 600,000 pounds each year, against an importation for the same period nearly as great. In 1886 the imports exceeded the exports and the same is true again in 1890. In the statement of the trade in flour the kind of flour is not specified, leaving it to be inferred that it includes the flour of the various cereals. In this trade, as in the case of the grains, the balance is largely in favor of exportation. DENMARK. For this country the statistics of acreage are from Statistisk Tabelværk, fourth series, Letter C, No. 7. It will be noted that the estimates for acreage of but two years are given, 1881 and 1888. The statements of production are taken from Sammendrag af Statistiske Oplysninger, Nos. 9 and 10, and from Statistiske Meddelelser, third series, volume 10. In the trade statements the figures for 1880 are from volume 9 of the last work named, and those from the period 1881 to 1890, inclusive, are from Statistisk Tabelværk, Fjerde Række, Litra D. In the case of wheat in the years for which acreage are given, 1881 to 1888, the production was smaller than at any other time during the period. This may indicate that there are violent changes in the acreage, but it is more likely that those seasons were unfavorable, resulting in a smaller yield per acre. Between 1881 and 1888, however, there is a decline of 18,000 acres, or between 13 and 14 per cent. Denmark is, of course, a wheat importing country, but the net importation is less than a million and a half bushels each year, and there is a marked decline between the earlier and later years of the period. The production of rye is very uniform from year to year, the average being nearly 17,000,000 bushels, but between 1881 and 1888 there was an increase of about 5 per cent in acreage. Barley is the only cereal crop of which the domestic production is sufficient for consumption. With a crop of nearly 23,000,000 bushels there is an annual exportation of more than 2,000,000 bushels. The export trade, however, is declining, having fallen away from 4,300,000 bushels in 1881 to 1,600,000 bushels in 1890. In 1881 there was a net exportation of oats, but since that time the exports have declined until that trade is now insignificant in proportions, while there has been considerable increase in imports. The production of potatoes shows a considerable increase during the latter years of the period, with a corresponding decrease in the net imports. The foreign trade in this product, however, is of little importance. In the trade in dairy products Denmark is a very large exporter of butter, but there is an average balance on the side of imports in cheese, amounting to about 1,000,000 pounds each year. It is not possible to separate the trade in artificial butters from that of butter. The average annual net exportation for the ten years, 1881 to 1890, is about 40,000,000 pounds, but in 1890, the year in which the largest trade, both import and export, is recorded, the balance in favor of exports was nearly 78,000,000 pounds. A steady increase in both branches of the trade is noticed, but the increase in imports has not kept pace with the increase in exports. In the wool trade it is interesting to note that throughout the period presented there has been a steady increase in importations and an equally regular decrease in exports. In the first year presented, 1881, there was a net balance in favor of exportation of nearly 3,000,000 pounds, while in 1889 the balance was in favor of |