THE IRELAND OF TO-DAY. 



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example, the capital in limited liability com- 

 panies amounted to : — 



i8So . 



1890 



1894-95 



^11,500,000 

 19,000,000 

 25,480,000^ 



Such figures show the direction in which Irish 

 political economy is moving ; they tell us little 

 of its present condition. 



A detailed account of housing conditions is 

 given in the Irish Census. The houses are 

 divided into four classes. The lowest (fourth) 

 class are mud cabins with one window and one 

 room ; the third class consists of cottages having 

 from one to four rooms and the same number of 

 windows ; the second class are decent farm- 

 houses with from 4 to g rooms and windows ; 

 the highest class are really good houses. If 

 we accept this classification, we obtain the 

 following figures. There were in the — 



If we take into consideration the fact that in 

 many cases more than one family inhabits the 



^Financial Relations Report, p. 207, 

 figure is ;^42, 409,899. Tra7isl.'\ 



[For 1904-5 the 



