FALLS NEAR KILLARNEY ABORIGINAL TREE CLIMBERS

INTERCOMMUNICATION.

Calendar Year.
1860.1872.1884.1896.1908.
Railways—
Miles Open...2181,2072,4303,498
No. Passengers...40,5391,025,5522,462,0206,538,411
£ Cost of Construction...2,345,3858,631,83517,248,67823,102,158
£ Net Revenue...18,213273,096424,862806,797
Shipping—
No. Inward Vessels2105221,042649881
Tonnage45,736148,630572,124562,7591,601,107
No. Outward Vessels1835071,061645847
Tonnage39,503143,380579,988531,2891,563,911

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Calendar Year.
1860.1872.1884.1896.1908.
Charitable Institutions—
Number6214677107
Persons Relieved
3972,79611,61419,91728,310
Education—
Number of Schools412105289571,104
Scholars on Rolls1,89023,72860,701103,733105,436
Average Attendance
............67,309
Public Libraries—
Number of Subscribers5381,7115,1856,90412,770
Volumes in Libraries4,94520,89060,257129,883249,257

APPENDIX H.

DIGEST OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEER'S REPORTS.

OUR ARTESIAN WATER SYSTEM.