Til \DOFTO 9 



persons. The total number of those engag< 

 is 109,588 



, indue: i>oot- 



ount 



Joyces. With th< 

 on of some boot factories, the un 



about Londonderry, which employs 



about 80,000 1. industry of 



which comprises big factories. It 



is ho -till organised to a larg :it as 



a domestic in 



unimportant. The coal mines send 

 out little more than 100,000 tons. The value of 

 all mine products amounts to about 250,000 ; 

 the number of persons engaged in mining is 

 t 6,386. Fisheries employ 11,000 indi- 

 viclu 



In addition to these, three Irish industries of 

 world-wide reputation must be mentioned ; beer- 

 whiskey-distilling, ami the great ship- 

 build irds of Belfast. The 39 beer 

 hind produced in 1901 over three 

 million barrels, of which about two million were 

 consumed at home.* All other firms are over- 

 shadowed by Guinness's Brewery, whose annual 

 profit of late years has been about /8oo,ooo. 

 The 30 whiskey distilleries produced in 1901 

 million gallons, of which about 4^ millions 

 were consumed at home. 8 Besides these 1 



1 Ireland, Agric. and Ind.," p. 418. 



1 ' Ireland, Agric. and Ind.," pp. 459 ft stq. 



' " Ireland, Agric. and Ind./ 1 p. 499. 



