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STATISTICAL SURVEY OF IRISH AGRICULTURE. 



The number of separate holding's and the number of occupiers in each 

 province in 1900 and 1901, respectively, were : — 



The total number of occupiers of land returned in 1901 was 543,238, 

 being 1,321 less than in the previous year. Excluding those holding land 

 " not exceeding one acre," who are to a great extent merely occupiers of 

 small gardens, the landholders numbered 470,004 in 1901, or 3,452 less than 

 in 1900, the number in Leinster having decreased by 505 — from 92,039 in 



1900 to 91,534 in 1901 ; in Ulster by 2,198 — from 170,743 in 1900 to 168,545 

 in 1901 ; and in Connaught by 830 — from 109,646 in 1900 to 108,816 in 



1901 ; but increased in Munster by 81 — from 101,028 in 1900 to 101,109 in 

 1901. There \va.= a decrease of 3,750 in occupiers holding land above i and 

 not exceeding 50 acres, and the number holding land exceeding the latter 

 acreage increased by 298. 



The following statement shows the number of occupiers of land in each 

 year from 1895 to 1901 by provinces : — 



The number of holdings " above i and not exceeding 5 acres " diminished 

 enormously between 1841 and 1901. In Leinster the decrease was 64.6 

 per cent. ; in Munster, 78.8 ; in Ulster 80.2 ; in Connaught, 87.5 ; and in all 

 Ireland 79.8 per cent. In the same period holdings " above 5 and not 

 exceeding 1 5 acres " diminished ; the decrease in all Ireland was 39.0 per 

 cent. In Leinster the decrease was 45.0 per cent. ; in Munster, 68.3 ; and in 

 Ulster 36.6 ; while in Connaught, on the other hand, these holdings in- 

 creased 2.1 per cent. Holdings "above 15 and not exceeding 30 acres" 

 increased 6.1 per cent, in Leinster ; 1 13.3 per cent, in Ulster ; and 486.0 per 

 cent, in Connaught; they decreased 1 2.2 per cent, in Munster. In all 

 Ireland they increased 69.0 per cent. Holdings " above 30 acres " increased 



