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2d, " The stock on holdings above one to five acres," 

 (distinguishing each kind of stock,) " Ditto above five 

 to fifteen acres/' " Ditto above fifteen to thirty acres/' 

 " Ditto above thirty acres/' " Ditto householders and 

 holdings not exceeding one acre ;" also for each county, 

 province, and for the whole country. 



3d, The same information on both heads is given for 

 each union in Ireland, and for each electoral division of 

 such union. 



In this most important branch of statistical informa- 

 tion, viz., correct returns as to the food of the people, 

 Ireland has taken the lead of Great Britain. The 

 whole quantity of food in that country can now be 

 accurately estimated, and the material progress or declen- 

 sion of the country be at once ascertained. A great 

 variety of facts may also be elicited by an attentive 

 examination of these returns. One or two of these may 

 be here noticed. 



Four of the best and four of the worst circumstanced 

 Unions in Ireland show the following comparative amount 

 of grain and potatoes to each person : — 



We thus learn at once the disproportion between 

 population and food, in the worst, as compared with the 



