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Moreover, the rural industries, such as kelp- 

 ^ home-wi etc., wl 



iary employment, no inc 

 those who practised them, 

 teased their resources for paying a compe- 

 cl thus contributed to the gene 



The agricultural labourers who 



do not form a strictly separate class in Ireland 



lys to get possession of small 



>r at least a patch of potato land 



slowly wages helped to drive up- 



ito land and indirectly 



mil farms. Finally, the remittances 



rica, which, between the years 1848 



^64, reached a sum of thirteen millions 



icreased the effective demand for land 



B enhanced its price. 1 



The landlord was thus in a position to utilize 



economic situation to the utmost and to 



nand a competition rent rendered especially 



h by the low standard of living of the Irish. 



In case the tenant declined to pay the increased 



rent he could be evicted, which meant for him 



loss of all the improvements he had effected. 



Only in t nd on particular estates in the 



oe other Provinces were matters otherwise. 



There the " Ulster Tenant Right 11 prevailed, 



the most important features of which were 



follows : 



So long as the tenant paid his rent punctually 



1 Lord Duffcrin, pp. 3 and 36. 



