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(ICKSON ON THE INCREASE AND DECREASE 



following table, giving the nnmber of stocks instead of the 

 number of mills : — 



TIME TABLE OF IRISH SCUTCH-MILLS. 1S53. 



. 



i 



Under 

 10 



weeks. 



11 to 

 15 



we eks. 



1 6 to 

 20 

 weeks. 



21 to 

 weeks. 



26 to 

 weeks 



31 to 



35' 

 weeks. 



36 to 

 40 

 weeks. 



41 to 1 

 45 

 weeks. 



46wks. 

 and up- 

 wards. 





stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



stocks. 



Ulster. 



















Antrim . . 



70 



140 



157 



63 



96 



5 1 



8 



6 



4 



Armagh • . 



18 



130 



136 



134 



192 



36 



18 



12 



38 



Cavaii . . . 



2 



6 







4 



18 



6 



8 



6 



Donegall . . 



61 



138 







246 



20 



104 



11 



16 



Down. . . 



36 



236 





156 



212 





105 



57 



16 



1 Fermanagh. 



11 



9 



12 





6 



12 









i Londonderry 



17 



111 



199 



97 



145 



108 



57 





4 . 



[ Monaghan . 



6 



16 



94 



56 



28 



33 



56 



4 



10 



I Tyrone . . 



11 



24 



98 



61 



211 



62 



88 



14 



11 



Leinster. 





















Longford . . 











8 











Louth . . . 



8 





8 



3 



4 









i 44 



Queen's . . 











6 











Meath. . . 





4 



36 







6 









Wexford . . 



4 





12 





11 













IMUXSTER. 















! 







Cork . . . 



12 





3 





3 





8 



u 





Limerick . . 



4 















14 





| Tipperary . 







3 













i 



[ Waterford . 



4 















12 





jCONNAUGHT . 





















1 Galwav . . 











6 











Mavo'. . . 



12 



















Sligo . . . 



16 



















Total . 



292 



827 



1205 



729 



1178 



429 



450 



154 



198 



The proportion of the whole number of scutching-stocks to 

 each or these sections, is as follows : — 



5 § per cent, worked less than ten weeks. 



15| 

 14 



8J 

 3 



31 



11 to 15 

 16 to 20 

 21 to 25 

 26 to 30 

 31 to 35 

 36 to 40 

 41 to 45 

 Upwards of 45 



