RETURN IN STATUTE ACRES OF THE A6RICU MDR41 



General Abstract, showing the extent of Land in Statute Acres under Chops for 
which may hereafter he altered in so 



Provinces 


Wheat. 


Oats. 


Barlo 
Bye, B 


Boro, 
ans, and 


s 

| Potatoes. 


Tu 


* 




Green 


AND 




























Counties. 


1854. 


1855. 


1854. 


1859. 


1854. 


1855. 


1854. 


1855. 


j 1854. 1 1855. 




1835. 




Leinster : 


A«a 


Aerct. 


a™. 


Act*. 


Acre. 


Aero. 


Aowa 


Ae*,. 


Aon*. 


Aoroa 


Aera 


1 Aero,. 




Carlow, 


8,745 


9.5G9 


26,491 


25,724 


5,710 


5,060 


10,973 


11.0G1 


5,537 


5,956 


1,220 


1,261 




Dublin, 


11,889 


14,207 


25,105 


24,301 


5,630 


4,850 


10,314 


11,989 


3,558 


3,488 


4,100 


4,987 




Kildare, 


18,381 


20,698 


43,520 


43,953 


7,767 


6,251 


13,109 


14,110 


9,988 


10,990 


2,053 


1,907 




Kilkenny, . 


34,968 


37,297 


54,205 


53,102 


8,582 


8,659 


25,567 


22,81'„ 


11,270 


12.G89 


3,027 


3,196 




King's, 


17,767 


18,502 


33,174 


32,489 


6,335 


5,G36 


21,038 


21,725 


8,705 


9,343 


2,666 


2,583 


« 


Longford, . 


1,977 


2,357 


39,521 


38,843 


394 


328 


16,547 


16,260 


2,129 


2,732 


1,162 


932 


7 


Louth, 


6,903 


9,675 


36,670 


38,514 


2*4,928 


22,034 


11,813 


11,937 


8,666 


9,234 


2,489 


2,536 


8 


Meath, 


15,762 


18,733 


85,667 


86,625 


G,110 


5,014 


16,867 


19,200 


9,492 


9,934 


4,173 


4,018 


9 


Queen’s, 


20,936 


21,454 


32,055 


32,606 


9,937 


9,683 


21,559 


20,885 


12,929 


14,226 


1,845 


1,962 


10 


Westmeath,. 


3,915 


4,618 


53,769 


54,531 


2,233 


1,531 


17,877 


18,486 


5,656 


6,444 


2,320 


2,344 


11 


Wexford, 


21.905 


23,921 


86,633 


86,102 


44,797 


41,940 


27,980 


27,686 


14,542 


16,253 


4,969 


4,933 


12 


Wicklow, . 


6,177 


6,667 


36,746 


36,287 


4,918 


4,599 


11,176 


11,854 


4,273 


4,501 


1,339 


1,084 




Total of I 
Leinster, f 


169,325 


187,698 


553,556 


553,077 


127,341 


115,585 


204,820 


203,005 


96,745 


105,790 


31,363 


30,843 






Incn 


ease, 


Dec 


ease, 


Decrease, 


... 


MOA 


Inc 








in Leinster, J 




479 


11,756 


3,185 


9,045 


520 




Monster: 




























Clare, . 


8,540 


9,318 


37,817 


39,290 


14,155 


J 3,394 


34,097 


35,807 


7.G47 


8,453 


2,321 


2,386 




Cork, . 


51,146 


49,927 


139,596 


149,856 


40,000 


39,113 


84,153 


81,081 


47,502 


53,654 


10,603 


0,578 




Kmy, . 


2,450 


2,71 G 


34,139 


36,651 


9,696 


7,702 


30,144 


31,857 


10,512 


9,737 


2,334 


2,523 




Limerick, . 


14,427 


17,155 


45,009 


45,430 


15,343 


12,053 


33,282 


35,733 


11,612 


11,402 


2,749 


2,749 




Tipperary, . 


60,735 


54,325 


77,026 


78,180 


12,017 


11,635 


54,048 


52,148 


26,587 


29,738 


4,124 


4,220 




Waterford, . 


24,272 


24,325 


30,892 


30,831 


9,488 


9,460 


20,725 


18,818 


11,052 


11,964 


3,294 


3,139 




Monster, j 


51,670 


57,766 1 


64,479 


180,246 


00,699 


93,357 


56,449 


54,944 


14,912 


24,948 


5,425 


A, 595 




Increase orl 
Decrease > 


lucre 


ase, j 


Increase, 


Decrease, 


Decrease, 




171 




— 


in Munster, J 




15,767 


7,342 


1,505 


10,036 





each County and Province in Ir^ 
me degree upon further revision, Wt 




ABSTRACT OF CEREAL CROPS. 



Wheat, . 

Oats 

Barley, Bere, Rte, &c., 
Total, . 



1854 . 

411,284 



287,184 
. 2,748,736 



445,809 

2,117,958 

267,565 

2,831,029 



34,225 

72,657 



106,882 



19,589 

19,589 



Increase on Cereal Crops 87,293 Acres. 

Total extent m Statute Acres of Cereal and Green Crops grown in Ireland in 

„ Barley, Boro, 

Wheat. Oats. Rye, Beans, and Potatoos. rumiiis Other Order 



1852, 1853, 1854, and 1855:- 

Flax. Meadow and 



1852, 

1853, 

1854, 

1855, 



353,566 

326,896 

411,284 

445,509 



2,283,449 
2,157,849 
-.[ 45,2 18 
2,117,955 



348,642 

287,154 

267,565 



399,377 

329,170 

366,497 



121,565 

120,133 

98,777 

95,094 



137,008 

174,579 

151,403 

97,106 



1,270,713 

1,270,742 

1,257,864 

1,311,737 



p Agricultural Statistics, 

5, Henrietta-street, Dublin, 

2 6th September, 1S55. 



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STATISTICS OF IRELAND FOR THE YEAR 1866. 



i, 1854 and 1 856 ; that for the latter year has been oomphed from Returns lately received from the several Enumerators, 
iB apprehended that no change of any very great importance -will he necessary. 




























— 














— 


Provinces 


*“ 


* 


° 


" 


Rye, Be 
Pc 


mi, and 


Pota 


ocs. 


Tar 






Grccu 


Fla 




Mcailoir anil 


Total Ext 


>3. 




Counties. 




1855. 






1854. 


’**■ 






1854. 




1854. 


1830. 




1850. 




1835. 


1354. 


1855. 






Ulster: 


Ac™. 




Acre, 


Acr«. 


Ac™. 


Ac™. 


Acres. 


Acre*. 


Ac™. 


Acre. 


Ac™. 


Acre. 


Acre. 


Ac™. 


Ace. 








~ 




Antrim, 


9,200 


11,090 


94,294 


98,729 


4,123 


4,572 


47,356 


46,957 


9,317 


12,376 


2,530 


2,598 


8,924 


6,719 


55,109 


53,640 


230,053 


236,681 


, 


• 


Armagh, . 


11,555 


12,225 


70,963 


78,717 


1,945 


•2,447 


34,426 


31,690 


6,082 


8,046 


3,052 


3,179 


16,295 


9,284 


25,792 


25,555 


170,110 


171,143 


* 






847 


865 


88,033 


91,371 


1,119 


• 800 


30,879 


31,256 


2,729 


3,167 


3,316 


2,939 


8,842 


G.029 






1G8.0G0 


171,379 






Donegal, 


3,384 


2,963 


102,635 


108,784 


6,320 


7,298 


44,568 


41,559 


15,342 


16,654 


2,471 


2,626 


26,061 


15,799 


31,566 ' 33,000 


232,353 


228,683 






Down, 


27,960 


30,359 


134,291 


142,631 


16,845 


15,836 


47,1 1G 


47,222 


20,440 


22,119 


4,843 


4,734 


19,895 


11,166 


37,208 


36,357 


300,598 


310,424 


s 




Fermanagh, . 


1,397 


1,413 


40,316 


40,770 


1,661 


1,111 


19,734 


18,212 


3,454 


4,252 


1,930 


1.G00 


3,480 


2,00G 


81,112 


31,775 


10G,084 


104,219 






Londonderry, 


3,532 


3,052 


85,395 


91,783 


2,131 


2,113 


33,283 


32,234 


9,515 


11,474 


1,655 


1,411 


17,230 


11,818 


20,543 ' 20,443 


173,284 


174,328 


r 




Monaghan, . 


2,957 


3,466 


78,262 


83,5G9 


3,924 


3,712 


2G.522 


25,394 


5,508 


7,053 


2,337 


2,128 


16,222 


11,859 


15,053 


15,377 


150,785 


152^558 


s 




Tyrone, 


4,760 


4,694 


147,133 


153,817 


1,729 


1,536 


47,012 


43,643 


12,947 


15,231 


3,237 


2,979 


22,453 


13,224 


31,293 


30,363 


270,569 


285,989 


• 




Total of \ 
Ulster, / 


65,592 


70,127 


841,372 


890,171 


39,803 


39,425 


330,896 


318,167 


85,334 


100,372 


25,371 


24,274 


139,402 


87,904 


283, 72G 284,964 


1,811,496 


1,815,404 








Inca 

4, 


35 


Inc 


ease, 


Decrease, 


Decrease, 


Inc 


ease, 


Doc 


ease, 


Dec 












in'Ulster, J 






12,729 


15,038 


1,097 


51,498 


1,238 


3,908 






CoNNAUOni: 








































l 


Galway, 


16,602 


18,818 


80,917 


81,347 


10,644 


10,397 


51,199 


52,894 


14,830 


15,607 


9,324 


8,203 


785 


544 


43,020 


45,886 


227,621 


233,696 


, 


• 


Leitrim, 


293 


270 


26,959 


28,829 


323 


555 


23,666 


23,530 


988 


1,078 


1,626 


1,191 


1,022 


718 


27,748 


28,472 


82.G25 


84,643 


s 


* 


Mayo, . 


3,753 


4,594 


80,706 


83,633 


5,989 


5,426 


58,858 


59,039 


8,365 


9,547 


2,489 


2,183 


999 


741 


17,920 


18,234 


179,079 


183,397 


s 


‘ 


Roscommon, 


2,795 


4,148 


55,585 


59,185 


• 404 


486 


35,830 


36,785 


3,613 


4,729 


1,633 


1,725 


430 


384 


28,930 


30,224 


129,225 


137,666 


A 


5 


Sligo, . 


1,354 


2,088 


41,724 


41,467 


1,951 


2,334 


27.G42 


28,165 


4,333 


4,426 


1,541 


1,080 


493 


379 


16,853 


15,642 


95,941 j 95,581 


5 




Total op \ 
Connaught, / 


24,797 


29,918 


285,891 


294,461 


19,311 


19,198 


197,495 


200,413 


32,179 


35,387 


16,818 


14,382 


3,729 


2,766 


:SH 




714,491 


734,983 








Inc 


ease, 


Increase, 


Dec 


ease, 


Increase, 


Inc 


ease, 


Dec 
















Connaught, J 


5,121 


8,570 


113 


2,918 


3,208 


2,236 






20,492 






Total op \ 
Ireland,/ 


411,284 


445,509 


2,015,298^2,117,95 

1 


287, 1M 


287,505 


080,000 • 081,520 


329,170 j 380,487 


98,777 


00,094 


101,403 


07,100 




5,570,010 


5,082,902 






Increase or") 


Increase, 


Increase, 


Decrease, 


Decrease, 


Inc 


ease, 


Dec 


ease 


Decrease, 


Inc 


ease 


Total Increase, 




_ 


in Ireland, J 


34,225 


72,657 


19,589 


8,131 


37,327 


3,683 


“ 


297 


53,873 


112,382 





ABSTRACT OP GREEN CROPS. 



GENERAL SUMMARY. 



Potatoes, 

Turnips, 

Ohier Green Crops,* . 
Total, . 

Increase on Green C 



ISM. 

883,660 

829,170 

98,777 

1,417,607 



95,094 

1,443,120 



8,131 



3,883 

11,814 



Increase on Cereal Crops, 

Do. on Green Crops, 

Do. on Meadow and Clover, 

Deduct Decrease on Flax, 



87,293 

25,513 

53,873 



. 25,513 Acres, 
tot-root, Carrots, Parsnips, Cabbage, 



■ and u\ 6 ® ,e ^? rns fo? 1 which the foregoing Table was compiled have been collected, as in former years, by the efficient aid of the Constabulary 
* ' Metropolitan Police. Tables for 1855, classified by holdings, for each Barony and County, are now in oonrso of preparation. 

The Returns, for 1855 have not yet been received from portions of the following Constabulary Districts, viz. — Killarney, Tralee, 
aas, and Coleraine. As to them, the extent of land under each description of crop for this year has been estimated from the Returns of 1S54, 
and liond^d^ 0 Ca ' CU ^' on fc ^ e changes in the crops which are found to have occurred in the other districts of the Counties of Kerry, Kildaie, 

William Donnelly, 

Registrar- General. 



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