156 REPORT—1857. 
The formation of my first car, conveying passengers back to back, on the principle 
of the outside car, now so much used in Dublin, was admirably adapted to its purposes, 
and it frequently happened that, whilst on one side were sitting some of the higher 
classes, persons as opposite in position were seated on the other. Not only was this 
unaccompanied with any inconvenience, but I consider its effects were very salutary ; 
as many who had no status were, by coming into casual communication with the 
educated classes, inspired with the importance of, and respect for, social position. 
The growth and extent of railways necessarily affected my establishment, and 
diminished its operation, by withdrawing from it ten two-wheeled cars, travelling 
daily 450 miles; twenty-two four-wheeled cars, travelling daily 1620 miles; five 
coaches, travelling daily 376 miles; thus making a total falling off of thirty-seven 
vehicles, travelling daily 2452 miles. Notwithstanding this falling off, the consequent 
result of the extension of railways, I still have over 900 horses, working thirty-five 
two-wheeled cars, travelling daily 1752 miles; twenty-two four-wheeled cars, travel- 
ling daily 1500 miles ; ten coaches, travelling daily 992 miles; making in the whole 
sixty-seven conveyances, travelling daily 4244 miles, and extending over portions of 
twenty-two counties, viz. Cork, Clare, Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Galway, 
King’s, Kilkenny, Kerry, Limerick, Longford, Leitrim, Mayo, Queen’s, Roscommon, 
Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Wexford and Westmeath. 
Anxious to aid as well as I could the resources of the country, many of which lay 
so long unproductive, I used this establishment, as far as practicable, to effect so 
. desirable an object. For instance, I enabled fishermen on the western coast to avail 
themselves of a rapid transit for their fresh fish, which, being a very perishable article, 
would be comparatively profitless unless its conveyance to Dublin and other suitable 
markets could be ensured within a given time, so that those engaged in the fisheries 
at Clifden, Westport, and other places, sending their produce by my conveyances in 
one day, could rely on its reaching its destination the following morning, additional 
horses and special conveyances being provided and put on in the proper seasons. The 
amount realized by this valuable traffic is almost incredible, and has, in my opinion, 
largely contributed to the comfort and independence now so happily contrasting with 
the lamentable condition which the west of Ireland presented a few years since. 
I shall conclude by two observations, which, I think, illustrate the increasing pros- 
perity of the country and the progress of the people. First, although the population 
has so considerably decreased by emigration and other causes, the proportion of 
travellers by my conveyances is greater, thus demonstrating that the people appre- 
ciate not only the money-value of time, but also the advantages of an establishment 
designed and worked for their particular use and development, now forty-two years 
in operation. Secondly, the peaceable and high moral bearing of the Irish people, 
which can only be known and duly appreciated by those who live amongst them, and 
who have, as I have had, long and constant intercourse with them. I have therefore 
been equally surprised and pained to observe in portions of the respectable press, both 
in England and Ireland, repeated attacks on the morality of our population, charging 
them with a proneness to violate the laws and with a disregard of private property ; 
but as one fact is worth a thousand assertions, I offer, in contradiction of those state- 
ments, this indisputable fact:—My conveyances, many of them carrying very im- 
portant mails, have been travelling during all hours of the day and night, often in 
lonely and unfrequented places; and during the long period of forty-two years that 
my establishment has been in existence, the slightest injury has never been done by 
the people to my property, or that entrusted to my care; and this fact gives me 
greater pleasure than any pride I might feel in reflecting upon the other rewards 
of my life’s labour. 
On the Proportion of Marriages at different Ages of the Sexes. 
By 8S. Browne. 
On some of the Principal Effects of the New Gold, as an Instrument of Pur- 
chase, on the Production and Distribution of Real Wealth. By Professor 
CAIRNES. 
The expression “as an instrument of purchase,” was used in order to exclude the — 
consideration of the indirect effects of the gold discoveries on real wealth, through 
a 
