. The earth and its inhabitants .. . grown in wealth in the course of the last twenty estates of impoverished landowners have been thrown into the marketthrough the operation of the Encumbered Estates Court, and purchased by wealthytenant farmers or English or Scotch colonists. And this new class of ownersgenerally resides upon the land, instead of spending its revenues at Dublin orabroad. A further increase in the number of landowners has been brought aboutthrough the sale of a portion of the land formerly owned by the disestablished ? Natives of Ireland residing in Great Britain :
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . grown in wealth in the course of the last twenty estates of impoverished landowners have been thrown into the marketthrough the operation of the Encumbered Estates Court, and purchased by wealthytenant farmers or English or Scotch colonists. And this new class of ownersgenerally resides upon the land, instead of spending its revenues at Dublin orabroad. A further increase in the number of landowners has been brought aboutthrough the sale of a portion of the land formerly owned by the disestablished ? Natives of Ireland residing in Great Britain :— 1841. 1871. England 292,935 566,540 Scotland 126,321 207,770 Ireland — 5,306,757 lEELAND. 409 Irish Church. At the same time the number of occupiers has grown less, and theextent of their holdings more considerable, though even now the subdivision ofthe land, more especially in Galway and Mayo, is carried to a greater length than Fig. 202.—DisTKiBUTiox of Natives of Ireland in Great to E. G. W. of G. k Under 1 per cent. 1 to 4 per cent. 4 to 10 per cent. Ovei 10 per cent. is compatible with good and profitable farming.* By virtue of the famous Land * Number of holdings in Ireland :— Holdings above 1, btit not exceeding 6 Acres. 5 to 15Acres. 15 to 30Acres. 30 Acresand over. Total. 310, 252,799 79,342 48,625 691,202 88,083 191,854 141,311 149,090 570,338 ,269 162,233 136,649 161,749 525,900 In thfi latter j-ear there were 50,140 holdings of less than an acre, in addition to the above. The totalnumber of occupiers was only 528,275, for in many instances landholders occupy more than one farm. 136 410 THE BRITISH ISLES. Act of 1870 tenants can no longer be evicted unless the landowner is prepared tocompensate them for any improvements they may have made. This does not,however, hold good in cases where tenants are unable or unwilling to pay the rentao-reed upon, and the evictions recently enforced have led. to a renewal
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