STATISTICAL SURVEY OF IRISH AGRICULTURE. 



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such commercial centres as Belfast and Londonderry affords some proof 

 that where manufacturing industry flourished in Ireland the rural exodus 

 took, to some extent, the same form as it has done in Great Britain — to wit, 

 immigration rather than emigration. 



The diagram of squares here given illustrates, graphically, the growth of 

 pasture and the shrinkage of crop areas in the years 1880 and 1901 as com- 

 pared with i860. 



The following Table forms the basis of this diagram 



I have further prepared a map showing for each county and province of 

 Ireland and for the whole country the proportion of the cultivated area 

 given up to arable and pastoral uses, respectively, in the year 1901. The 

 figures on which the coloured squares in this map are based are as follows : — 



Table showing the Number of Statute Acres devoted to Arable and Pastoral uses in 

 each County and Province of Ireland, and for the whole Country, 1901 (see Map). 



