TH LAND OF TO 49 



it follows that OS'5 percent. 



ilich do not exceed the valu* 



cupy 6-12 million acres, or 01. 1 of 



cultivated surface. Two-thirds of 



the holdings occupy one-third of the land. 



nt. of all the holdings 'ued at 



han 30 ; they occupy 9*2 million acres or 



iperficial ai 



Th ice of holdings of small value is 



greatest in tin- \\Y>t. In Connaught there 



ut of 109,359 holdings, 41,4390! the valiu 



of 4, and in Mayo 15,867 out of 32,732. These 



S67 holdings occupied 214,000 acres of 

 Co. Mayo, which contains :han a million 



The holdings of over 50, numbc 

 at 700, alone covered an area of nearly 

 <xx) acres. 



remember that the yearly valuation, 

 contained in tin ion assessment, 



fixed on the basis of high prices for products, 

 picture of poverty shown by the number 

 11 holdings is intensified. 1 \Ve may 

 assume that all holdings under 4 and a large 

 number of holdings up to 15 are uneconomic 

 combine the size of the holdii 



.veil conclude that 

 200,000 Irish farm holdings are uneconomic. 



. with thr ing techni 



methods, t liable capital and the prevailing 



rket conditions, about 200,000 Irish farms 



1 Final Report on Local Taxation, p. 



