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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 3

(Appendix A.) — Agricultural Statistics of Ireland for the Year 1865

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(Appendix A.)

Agricultural Statistics of Ireland for the Year 1865.

Number of Holdings Classified according to the Total extent of Land held by each Person, and the entire extent of Land under each Class of Landholders.

Classification of Holdings No. Of Holdings in each Class Proportion per cent. Holdings in each Class Extent of Land held by each class of Landholders Average extent of Holdings in each Class A. a. p. Holdings not exceeding 1 acre, 48,769 8.1 25,405 0 2 3 Do. above 1 5 acres, 80,972 13.5 285,616 3 2 4 " " 5 15 " 175,723 29.3 1,827,934 10 1 24 " " 15 30 " 136,773 22.8 3,053,258 22 1 12 " " 30 50 " 71,761 11.9 2,896,484 40 1 18 " " n " 50 o 100 " 54,504 9.1 4,001,751 73 I 27 " " 100 "a 200 " 21,856 3.6 3,280,480 150 0 15 " " 200 500 " 8,373 1.4 2,886,506 344 2 38 " " 500 1,554 0-3 2,062,490 1,327 0 34 Total 600,285 100 20,319,924

Size and Number of Holdings in Ireland compared in 1841 and 1865.

Size of Holdings Total Number of Holdings Above 1 to 5 acres, 1841, 1865, Decrease in number between 1841 and 1865, Rate per cent., Above 5 to 15 acres, 1841, " 1865, Decrease in number between 1841 and 1865, Rate per cent., Above 15 to 30 acres, 1841, " 1865, Increase in numbers between 1841 and 1865, Rate per cent, Above 30 acres, 1841, " 1865, Increase in numbers between 1841 and 1865, Rate per cent., TOTAL, 1841,. " 1865, Decrease in numbers between 1841 and 1865, Rate per cent., 310,436 80,972 229,464 73.9 252,799 175,723 77,076 30.5 79,342 136,773 57,431 72.4 48,625 158,048 * 109,423 225.0 691,202 551,516 139,686 20.2