INDEX. 



167 



congested districLs in, 50 sqq. ; 

 land of large estates, 59; classifi- 

 cation of estates, 60, 61 ; modern 

 forms of tenure in, 66 sqq. ; new 

 plan of land question in, 77 sqq. ; 

 beginning of reform, 85 ; peasant 

 proprietary declared for, 94 ; two 

 main types of farmers in, 104 ; 

 policy of conciliation adopted by 

 Conservatives, 122 ; Plunkett's 

 policy of self-help, 127 ; tem- 

 porary union of classes, 130 ; 

 Wyndham Act passed, 135 ; 

 drawbacks to full success of Act, 

 148 sqq. ; insuperable obstacles 

 to enlargement of holdings, 154, 

 i55i 15^ i co-operation the only 

 solution of economic problem, 

 160, 161 ; legislative reforms not 

 alone sufficient for prosperity, 

 164. 



Irish language, 14. 



Irish Church, 74, 92. 



Irish Parliamentary Party, 8, 84, 

 122, 133. 



Judges in Ireland, 10, 11. 

 juries in Ireland, 1 1. 



Kelp-burning, 55. 

 " Killing Home Rule with kind- 

 ness," 122. 

 ' Kilmainham Treaty,' 81. 



Labourers, position of, under Act 



of 1881, 89; under Purchase 



Acts, 158. 

 Land Acts (see ' Acts'). 

 Land Agents, 64, 65. 

 Land Courts, effect on agrarian 



situation, 105 sqq. 

 Landed Estates Court, 60, 68. 

 Landed property, its tenure, 61 



sqq. ; mortgages on, 62. 

 Land League, 79 sqq. 

 Landlords in Ireland, origin of their 



estates, 59, 63 ; effects of famine 



on, 60 ; absentee and others, 60 ; 



mortgages on property of, 63 ; 



residence a centre of consumption 



not administration, 64 ; charac- 

 teristics of the class, 65 ; com- 

 manding position of, prior to 

 1881, 69 ; mistakes of, 82 ; posi- 

 tion under Land Acts, pt. 111., 

 ch. i., passim ; position under 

 Land Purchase Acts, 102 sqq. ; 

 'a wiser man,' 125, 126; con- 

 ference with tenants' representa- 

 tives, 130; positionunder Wynd- 

 ham Act, 140 sqq. ; in the future 

 Ireland, 162 sqq. 



Land Stock, 98, 104. 



Land tenure in Ireland, forms of, 

 66 sqq. 



' Lazy-beds,' 38, 51. 



Licences, publicans', 30. 



Limited hability companies, 21. 



MacDonnell, Sir A., 131 fi. 



' Magic of property ' in Ireland, 



119, 151. 

 Manchester School, 72. 

 Marriage statistics, 18. 

 Mayo, 54. 



Migratory labour, 54. 

 Milk production, 33. 

 Mining industry, 29. 

 Moore, George, 18. 

 Mortgages on land, 62, 157. 

 Munster, colonization of, 59. 



Nationalization of land, championed 

 by Davitt, 77; opposed by Natio- 

 nalist party, 94, 118. 



O'Brien, William, 86, 133, 149 n. 

 Occupations of Irish people, 26, 

 ^SS- ; 35- 



Parliament, scenes in, 9. 



Parnell, C, 78, 79,85, 95, 118, 125, 



Pasture farming in Ireland, 36-41. 



Patterson, Sir R. L., 28. 



I'easant proprietors, 60, 73 sqq., 

 83 ; Acts for establishing, 92 sqq., 

 136 sqq. ; social character of, 1 1 7 ; 

 persons unqualified to be, 151 ; 

 often aided by wages, 119 «., 

 155; results of want of capital 

 and education, 159, 160. 



