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London County Council) and joint committees of such Councils, 

 as well as the accounts of pauper lunatic asylums, other than 

 those belonging to the county and city of London. 



The accounts show that the receipts of the councils, from 

 sources other than loans, during 1893-94 amounted to 6,559,941^., 

 being a decrease of 269,000^. as compared with the year 1892-93, 

 which was mainly due to a falling off in the sums received from 

 the local taxation account and from other local authorities. 

 On the other hand there was a considerable increase in the 

 amount raised by rates, the total sum raised being 309,000?. 

 more than in the preceding year. The expenditure of the 

 Councils during the year (excluding that defrayed out of loans), 

 ■viz., 6,782,409?., exceeded the receipts from sources other than 

 loans by 222,468?., and this appears attributable to the fact that 

 there was a considerable balance unexpended which was carried 

 over from the preceding year. The excess of the expenditure 

 over that of the preceding year was due to the increases in 

 the sums expended on roads, on police, and on technical and 

 intermediate education. 



The expenditure of the County Councils under the Contagious 

 Diseases (Animals) Act was 29,958?., as compared with 31,368?. 

 in 1892-93. 



Agricultural Statistics, Ireland, 1895. General Abstracts 

 showing the Acreage tender Crops, also the number and 

 descriijtion of Live Stock in each County andy Province, 

 1894-95. [d— 7798.] Price Ud. 



This is the annual abstract return relating to agriculture 

 issued by the Registrar- General in Dublin. 



The total extent under crops in Ireland in 1895 is stated to be 

 4,879,506 acres, being a net decrease on the extent in 1894 of 

 51,505 acres, or I'O per cent. There was a decrease in Ulster of 

 13,245 acres, or 0*8 per cent. ; in Leinster, of 23,675 acres, or 

 1*8 per cent, in Munster, of 15,398 acres, or 1*2 per cent. ; and 

 in Connaught, an increase of 813 acres, or 0*1 per cent. 



In 1894 the extent returned under grass was 10,214,096 acres, 

 in 1895 the amount returned is 10,280,706 acres, being an in- 

 crease of 66,610 acres ; the extent returned as fallow in 1894 was 

 19,568 acres, and in 1895, 18,506 acres ; the extent under woods 

 and plantations in 1894 was 309,276 acres, against 308,902 acres 

 in 1895; and the extent returned under "Turf Bog, Marsh, 

 Barren Mountain Land, &c.," in 1894 was 4,859,393 acres, against 

 4,845,724 acres in 1895, being a decrease of 13,669 acres ; of the 

 acreage thus returned in 1895, 1,210,234 acres have been entered 

 by the enumerators as turf bog, 426,545 acres as marsh, and 

 2,265,413 acres as barren mountain land. 



