[From Land of Britain, part 44, 1941]

Appendix 1 - Statistical summary

All areas in acres

Year

Area under all kinds of crops,bare fallow and grasses

Arable Land

For Hay

Permanent Grass

Not for Hay

Rough Grazing

Cattle

Sheep

Pigs

1866
1867
1868
1869
1870

82,902
84,498
88,561
84,537
86,502

73,140
68,583
74,170
67,677
73,471





2,622

9,762
15,915
14,391
16,860





10,409

18,687
18,672
19,727
18,158
17,403

55,954
70,958
72,116
62,198
53,565

10,956
7,706
5,271
4,668
6,332

1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880

86,502
88,573
89,703
92,100
91,570
93,588
94,433
96,223
94,082
96,862

73,471
76,175
71,458
72,971
73,410
73,071
73,714
76,155
73,061
77,330

2,622
2,450
2,677
2,867
3,032

2,539
2,919






20,517


21,021
19,532

10,409
9,948
15568
16,262
15,128

11,180
17,149

17,403
19,037
19,994
19,647
19,119
19,206
20,038
21,135
20,068
19,220

53,565
61,683
66,728
84,424
74,239
70,566
68,o88
69,094
6 1,584
57,850

6,332
6,626
4,774
4,332
4,339
6,142
5,929
3,946
3,564
2,988

1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1888
1890

98,939
97,494
99,173
100,050
100,322
98,215
98,356
98,350
98,934
100,107

75,703
74,658
75,940
78,680
80,979
78,267
79,571
79,402
77,:545
78,553

2,.512
4,837
3,498
3,712
3,916
3,719

23,236
22,836
23,233
21,350

_16,831
15,111
15,287
15,236
17,473
17,885

 

20,430
19,780
20,650
22,282
22,248
21,872
20,996
19,945
20,167
21,098

55,429
55,690
58,836
63,764
72,705
65,833
63,650
53,929
62,343
70,112

3,704
4,685
4,616
5,087
4,213
3,699
3,980
3,543
4,144
4,897

1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900

101,125
98,227
96,951
96,973
96,089
94,832
92,996
92,719
91,782
92,184

77,215
74,943
74,097
74,591
73,927
71,928
72,671
72,668
71,641
72,396`

3,999
4,038
3,660
3,828
3,936
4,213
3,197
2,922
2,834
2,516

19,911
19,246
19,194
18,554
18,226
18,691
17,128
17,129
17,307
17,272

14,807
17,214
16,711
18,591
14,479
19,729
23,472
23,110
25,781

22,633
22,025
21,770
21,173
21,136
21,130
20,592
21,478
21,973
21,988

78,166
79,244
72,051
69,996
67,064
67,119
68,393
71,213
76,769
75,047

4,350
2,754
2,802
3,772
3,902
3,744
3,578
3,279
3,733
2,679

1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910

92,979
93,639
g1,IO8
92,902
92,721
94,188
93,978
94,258
94,741
93,783

75,315
73,656
73,423
73,148
74,214
75,399
74,150
73,287
74,507
73,600

2,221
3,079
3,0.54
2,917
3,092
2,973
2,873
3,033
2,368_
3,087

15,443
16,904
14,631
16,837
15,415
15,816
16,955
17,938
17,866
17,096

24,271
27,g6o
31,316
28,330
24-,434
24,618
28,672
27,804
28,871
31,161

22,154
20,271
21,863
22,393
22,875
22,956
22,853
22,478
22,688
21,076_

73,356
74,922
74,028
69,585
69,786
74,437
79,433
86,174
87,603
81,631

2,536
2,928
3,825
3,218
2,986
3,563
4,180
3,561
3,109
3,089

1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920

92,848
93,048
91,225
89,562
90,122
92,658
92,100
92,374
88,097
88,822

73,520
76,303
71,706
71,851
70,901
73,361
73,490
74,053
70,025
71,752

2,389
2,419
2,695
2,577
2,144
2,260
2,475
2,435
2,364
2,083

-16,939
14,326
16,824
15,134
17,077
17,037
16,135
15,886
15,708
14,987

'-8,487
32,893
32`, 86 3
29,837
26,286
29,644
28,129
28,240
35,111
35, 186

21,289
21,188
21,368
21,519
20,931
21,169
20,768
21,673
21,449
21,143

76,833
80,422
76,618
77,446
77,032
78,534
79,293
81,723
70,848
74,086

4,584
4,329
3,315
3,954
3,967
4,186
3,565
3,724
3,383
3,368

1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930

83,933
82,645
83,846
80,499
79,940
81,041
80,232
79,671
79,789
80,607

66,313
65,690
65,960
60,714
59,678
62,420
60,885
58,106
59,263
59,132

2,341
2,434
2,196
2,458
2,670
2,095
2,279
2,155
2,229
2,419

 

15,279
15,521
15,690
17,327
17,592
16,526
17,068
19,410
18,297
19,056

-34,842
35,776
34,895
35,316
38,602
40,447
3.1.,461
34,662
37,855
38,886-

19,762
19,291
19>250
18,417
18,481
18,734
18,526
19,186
19,696
19,946

74,857
72,150
75,507
77,825
82,758
89,717
90,537
88,981
91,518
96,458

4,279
3,709
4,350
4,859
3,263
2,642
4,134
4,406
3,313
3,630

1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938

79,001
80,786
79,750
78,436
79:518
77,270
78,269
75,105

59,742
58,623
56,619
58,267
58,927
57,097
55,241
51,912

2,009
2,139
2,210
1,934
2,201
1,433
2,013
1,767

.

17,250
20,024
20,921
18,235
18,390
18,740
21,015
21,426

31,o67
37,090
37,695
39,493
38,781
38,919
38,791
38,724

19,477
2o,169
2o,6o6
21,321
21,808
20,743
19,644
19,349

91,153
101,995
102,587
93,725
97,476
89,873
92,589
95,290

4,172
4,379
3,733
3,875
4,976
4,269
4,144
4,100

Total area of land of all descriptions (excluding inland water after 1901) in the Isle of Man

1866-1872, 150,000 acres; 1873-1891, 145,325 acres; 1892-1900, 145,011 acres; 1901-1914., 141,263 acres; 1915-1940 140,986 acres.

 

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS OF LAND UTILISATION SURVEY ISLE OF MAN

Acreages calculated approximately from the 1-inch maps.

Ministry of Agriculture1935

Land Utilisation Survey1932-9

Acres

% of County

Acres

% of County

Forest and Woodland . . . . . .

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-- -

2,780

2.0

Arable .. .. .. ..

58,927

41.8

65,503

46.5

Permaneht Grass .. .. .. ..

20,591

14.6

19,910

14.2

Rough Grazing .. .. .. ..

38,781

27.'5

44,750

31.6

Houses with Gardens

-

3,840

2.7

Agriculturally Unproductive . . . .

-

-

4,203

3'0

Unaccounted for . . . . . . . .

22,687

16.1

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