Footnotes:
[1] It considerably exceeds 300,000 by the figures of the census of 1901.
| 1841 | 1891 | |||
| Houses of the first class | 40,080 | 70,740 | ||
| "second class | 264,184 | 466,632 | ||
| "third class | 533,297 | 312,589 | ||
| "fourth class | 491,278 | 20,617 |
These figures are taken from that most valuable publication, ‘Thom’s Irish Directory for 1901,’ p. 631. It contains the statistics of Ireland carefully compiled from official sources.
[3] There has been a small decrease since 1895.
[4] Evidence taken before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, 1824-25, vol. i. p. 49. The whole of O’Connell’s evidence should be studied.
| 1894 | 1900 | |||
| Funded Debt held in Ireland | £22,917,530 | £18,303,627 | ||
| Government Funds and other securities: India Stock, Land Stock, War Stock, Joint Stock Banks, Trustee Savings Banks, and Post Office Savings Banks | £67,432,000 | £77,494,000 |