APPENDIX. 



LISSELAN, COUNTY CORK. 



(From Agricultural Gazette, 1880.) 



One of the many grievances urged against the social 

 system of Ireland is the extent to which landlord absent- 

 eeism is practised. In round numbers, the rental of 

 the country may be set down at £13,000,000 sterling ; 

 and of this sum it is estimated that £3,000,000 are 

 annually drained out of the country by absentee land- 

 lords. Without offering an opinion on this state of 

 things, we may say that more real property and security 

 exist amongst the tenantry of resident landlords than 

 on the estates of absentee owners. The resident land- 

 lord, as a rule, sets an example of sound farming on 

 the land in his own hands, besides affording instruction 

 and encouragement at all times. Nay, many Irish 

 landlords set an example of frugality and thrift to their 

 tenants, which at the present day it Avould be well to 

 have universal. A remarkable instance of this has 

 come recently under our notice. Mr. Bence Jones's pro- 

 perty adjoins the public road from Clonakilty to Bandon, 

 reaching witliin about half-a-dozen miles of the latter 

 town. 



