RELAND OF TO-DA 



compares not unfavourably with that 



second class is that of large 



I. m lent in Ireland, who, with a 



^e nominal income, are often anything but 



third class belong 1<> :its, 



who by their baa economic posi- 



iul the curtailment of their rer. 



obliged to remain continuously in Ireland. A 



fou i ss of ownr: >rmed by the 80,000 



i oprietors created by the Land Acts, 



ever have to be discussed in ano- 



r connection. 



h pro; s three important character- 



divided property in many cases. 

 The original feoffees set their land under agree- 

 of the longest terms, often at a perpetual 

 > a middleman ; they are therefore only 

 trs, whilst the actual rights and func- 

 is of the property belong to the middleman. 

 others, Trinity College, the great 

 :ant University of Ireland, stands in thi.s 

 position. 



The second essential point is that by far the 

 greater number of Irish estates are bound by 



h occupier enjoys the propt 



during life, but does not own it. That portion 



itt which goes beyond the usufruct 



ongs to his sons, or to such heirs as may be 



by the family settlements. From this 



formerly arose the inability to grant 



ong term. It was also impossible to 



1 the estates, for only the trustees of the heirs, 



