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'HE RATES AND SCALE OF STATUTE PRICES, REGU- 

 LATING THE GENERAL VALUATION OF IRELAND. 



The scale of prices laid down in the Act 7 Geo. IV., cap. 

 62, sec. 7, for the uniform valuation of lands in Ireland, 

 was as follows : 



Butter, at 69s. per cwt. of 1 1 2 Ibs. 

 Mutton, at 34s. 6d. ,, ,, 



Pork, at 25s. 6d. ,, 



Wheat, at 10s. per cwt. of 1 12 Ibs. 

 Oats, at 6s. ,, ,, 



Barley, at 7s. ,, ,, 



Potatoes, at Is. Id. ,, ,, 



The valuation rates, per statute acre, established in 

 conformity with the above scale, were : 



1st, from lls. to 9s. 6d. 

 2nd, from 9*. to 7s. 6d. 

 3rd, from 7s. to 4*. 6d. 

 1st, from 15s. to lls. 6d. 

 2nd, from lls. to 7s. 6d. 

 3rd, from 7s. to 4s. 



But, in the recent Act, 15 and 16 Victoria, chap. 63, 

 sec. 11, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws relating to 

 the Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland," the scale 

 of prices has been materially altered, as laid down in the 

 following table : 



Wheat, at the general average price of 7s. Gd. per cwt. of 1 1 2 Ibs. 

 Oats, 4s. Wd. 



p . I 1st, from 30s. to 27s. 6d. 



E3f ] 2nd, from 27s. to 25s. 6c?. 



' 11S * t 3rd, from 24s. to 21s. 6d. 



l 1st, from 21s. to 17s. 6d. 



j 2nd, from 17s. to 14s. 6d. 



( 3rd, from 14s. to lls. 6d. 



Poor 

 Soils. 



Moory 

 Soils. 



Barley, 



Flax, 



Butter, 



Beef, 



Mutton, 



Pork, 



5s. 6d. 



49s. Od. 



65s. 4d. 



35s. 6d. 



41s. Od. 



32s. Od. 



And these prices are to be taken into account in every 

 valuation, with regard to the land, hereafter to be made 

 under the provisions of this Act. 



XIII. ON THE POOR LAW VALUATION. 



The General Valuation of Ireland, intended by Govern- 

 ment to form the basis of a fair and impartial imposition 

 of county cess, was not fully complete before another 

 government valuation was begun, under the direction of 

 the Poor Law Commissioners. 



The County Cess Valuation, (under the 7 Geo. IV., cap. 

 62.) was in principle not by the apparent or letting value 

 of the land, but by its inherent value estimated from a 

 consideration of its natural powers of production, viewed 

 in connexion with a given scale of prices, as to the value 



