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increafes indeed over the year 1788 have appeared in the furvey 
books of 1789. Ihave obferved in the paper that the number of 
houfes fuppofed to be omitted in the thirteen counties marked with 
a + amounts to 24,800; I have now reafon to conclude that it 
amounts to confiderably more. 
The number fuppofed to be | The increafed number returned 
omitted in 1788 was, in 1789 1s, 
In the county Longford - tooo | 2143 
In Kerry - - - 1900 | 2441 
In Clare - - - 2500 | 2482 
In Limerick - - 1600 | 2090 
In Cork - - - 8000 47460 in about 4a/f the county. 
In Tipperary —- - 1000 | 833 in about one fifth part of 
the county. 
In Donegal - ~ - 2500 | 2304 in about one fi/th part of 
the county. 
Ir would be ufelefs to give an accurate account of returns 
which I know to be deficient; my utmoft labour could lead me 
to nothing more than a tolerable computation. I am perfectly 
convinced that the houfes fuppreffed in 1788 in thefe thirteen 
counties, which I computed at 24,800, do amount to 40,000; 
and I have now fome grounds on which I can compute the 
number omitted in the remaining nineteen counties. I believe 
that when I eftimated them at 20,000, I did not exaggerate. It 
may eafily be conceived that there may be fome official reafons 
which 
