[40] Pictorial History of England, vol. ii. p. 900.
[41] Reports of the “Commissioner” of the Times Newspaper, in June, 1845.
[42] I have here included those engaged in Trade and Commerce, and employers as well as the employed among the producers.
[43] The amount of the population from 1570 to 1750, as here given, is copied from Rickman’s tables, as published by the Registrar-General.
[44] The population at the decennial term, as here given, is the amended calculation of the Registrar-General, as given in the new census tables.
[45] From returns furnished by the clergy.
[46] The returns here cited are copied from those given by the Registrar-General in the new census.
[47] Returns obtained through an inquiry instituted by the Irish House of Lords.
[48] The population from 1754-1788 is estimated from the “hearth money” returns.
[49] Newenham’s Inquiry into the Population of Ireland.