[199]. See table at p. 397.
[201]. Such in fact took place, the expenditure on relief of the poor for the year 1854 being 760,152l., and for 1855 being still further reduced to 685,259l.
[203]. The number in the workhouses on the 29th September 1854 was 66,506, and at the same date in 1855 it was 56,546.—The number receiving out-door relief on these days respectively was 926 and 655.
[205]. These were Cahirciveen, Dingle, Kenmare, Kilrush, Killadysert, Ennistymon, Scariff, Tulla, Clifden, Newport, and Oughterard.
[206]. The returns for 1850 were not completed, in consequence of the alterations which were then being made in the number and the boundaries of the unions.
[207]. The average for the half-year ending 25th March 1854, was 1s. 7½d., and for the half-year ending 29th September it was 1s. 8½d. per head. For each of the corresponding periods in 1855, the average was 1s. 10¼d.
[208]. That is on the 1st May 1854.