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The Steam tonnage which entered the ports of Ireland in 1836 was half a million; in 1846 it was doubled. The total tonnage which entered Ireland in 1836 was 1,600,000 tons ;-in 1846, 2,600,000 tons; being an increase of a million tons in ten years. The intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland was

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In 1801 the total Tonnage Inwards was only 456,000 Tons.

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Great improvements have been made in Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, and at other ports. The expenditure on Port Patrick Harbour alone, since 1820, has been £165,441.

The Statements at pp. 134 to 140 shew how greatly the internal traffic of Ireland has augmented since 1800; the tolls, traffic, and wharfage received on the Shannon waters, were in

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£1,849 £1,856 £1,646 £1,556 £1,564 £1,779 £1,779

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The number of passengers that were booked at the different places on the Shannon in the Company's boats during 1846 was 21,871. The sum of £55,000 was issued by the Treasury during 1846 for improving the Shannon navigation.

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Kingstown & Dublin 1,758,878 1,962,051 2,234,433 2,348,613 2,303,910 Ulster Line 425,864 436,317 604,388 652,071 690,477 572,856 584,810

Drogheda

Great Southern and Western,

5 months ending 31 Decr. 1846, Passengers, 145,485.
Half-year ending 30 June, 1847,

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The fisheries are now receiving some attention, and Government granted in 1846 £51,687 for their encouragement. The West coast of Ireland abounds in varieties of the finest fish in the world, and would be a great source of wealth if ordinary industry were manifested. The vessels of all kinds, and the number of men, employed in the Irish fisheries since 1836, were

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At p. 142 the accumulation in the Irish Savings Banks are given for a series of years. Latterly endeavours have been made to weaken the confidence of the people in these provident institutions, and the trustees at Killarney and Tralee have neglected their duty; the balances on the 20th November stood thus

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The number of depositors and amount of their deposits were in

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The total deposits up to 20th May, 1847, in the Irish Savings Banks were £9,534,522.

The Loan Funds, which were established in Ireland in 1837, to assist the industrious classes with small sums of money at a low rate of interest, also indicate progress.

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The yearly increasing sums of money transmitted by postoffice orders in Ireland testify that there is an augmentation of the available means of the middle and working classes.

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461,295 1843

714,857 1845

918,670

1839 111,864 1841 1840 198,133 1842 593,543 1844 789,753 1846 1,131,197

The Stamp Duty received on Legacies, and Probates and Administrations, at two periods, shows the increase of property: (see pages 147 and 148.)

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Stock transferred from England to Ireland from 1838 to 1848 was
Ditto from Ireland to England

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13,945,742

6,193,879

7,751,863

The annuities for terms of years transferred from England to Ireland in the above years were £214,512, and vice versa only £14. The Long Annuities from England to Ireland £46,020, and vice versa only £457. These facts prove the accumulation of funded property in Ireland.

The Grand Jury cess, or presentments for the general use of each county or barony, shew the increased value of landed property in Ireland. They have been augmented since the Union from about £200,000 a year to £1,150,000 a year.

There is no proof of increasing poverty on examining the number of debtors

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There is a wider distribution as well as an augmentation of property manifested by the increasing number of the middle classes, who are acquiring the elective franchise.

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The seventh chapter, p. 200, contains ample details of the remarkable extension of education in Ireland. The "National Education Schools" were commenced in 1833 with 789 schools, 107,042 pupils, and with a parliamentary grant of £25,000. This grant has been yearly increased, and amounted in 1846 to £100,000, which provides 3,637 schools for 456,410 pupils of all religious denominations. Not more than one-seventh of the children are Protestants, and therefore the benefit is mainly for the children of the Roman Catholic poor. The secular education is kept quite distinct from religious instruction.

There are workhouse schools, gaol schools, agricultural schools for both sexes, and model schools for teachers. Evening and Sunday schools are also extensive and well attended.

The Sunday schools have been rapidly increasing, and stood thus 1st January, 1847.

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The "Church Education Society," instituted in 1839, for in

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