New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-05

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| COUNTY SLIGO.
1--WE have very distressed district called Dromore
| West and our committee there have received grants
amounting to goo. including the ALLEGATION oil yes
! terdayi and we have relieved about 5000 persons
not different persons but we have gwen relief sOOO
times We are relieving about $500 week These
persons are not fishermen, but chiefly agricuturistS
with holdings of less than ten acres.
ITO the different unions In Sligo we arc contrib
utinp about f4OO week.
"Our relief is gwen principally in Indian meal.
The people quite accustomed TO 1t. ana Kno"
how TO cook it, We are relieving about 1900 fam
lies in Tobercurry Union. OF about $500 persons
Altogether. in County Sligo, with population
| of 900, we are relieving about 1000 persons
COUNTY MAYO.
1--WE have eight unions in Mayo. We are renew
ing IN Belmullet about 1000 Claremorris 0'OOO
Ballina 1921; Newport, 3,400; Swmeford 5'o39;
Wesipor 5,l17j Castebar. $500; Kllala over
5000; this gives a total Of over $4,000. The pop
ulation of Mayo is 100000.
COUNTY RO5COMMON.
There is a great deal Of distress in County KOS
common. We have four unions.
"In Castlerea We are relieving 5000. The usual
rate of allowance is four hundred weight Of meal to
families Of six and upwards and two hundred
weight of meal TO families OF four and upward ana
in that proportion to smaller families
"In BOYLE Union. of which Colonel King-der
man is chairman. there are 5000 cases of distress
ont of population Of % 900. That is, nearly one
third of The population is 10 destutlon That is the
estimate, if not the result of an examination.
"Iu Strokcstown there are 5000 persons In need
according the returns sent to u.s. So far the re-
| turns show that ont OF n population Of 22OOO III
Roscommon. 900 require relief.
COUNTY GALWAY.
CIV to,.o cot to, l. n ore ,n Galway and commit
tee in each of them. except Clilden--n Connemara-a
district almost as much visited by American tourists
ms Killarney. There we found it impossible to iar-
monte the religions QuarreIs between the Irish
! Church Union and the Roman Catholic representa-
tives. We finally settled the dispute by aIIocatlng
600 to the Catholics and ESQ TO the Protc'tauts.
| The Protestant population is Of course very much
smaller than the Catholic population Of Conncmara.
may say that Cliflen is the only Union IN all he
land in which the Catholic aud Protestant clergy
do not work in perfect accord.
"Oughterard Union embraces very desolatc dis
trict near Conncmara, and iud in that uuion that
there are 5000 persons receiving relief.
In Galway Union, last week, we relieved 5,7l5
persona.
81 can give the remaining returus in tabular form:
Cort Union relief has been given to 1900; Lough-
rea . 900 Tuam. about 1000 Ballulsloc, f,7ll;
Poltumua 2,s0oi Mount Below, 1000 Genna-
maddy. 900. The population of Galway Is 2lo,I3S
COUNTY CLARE
ave have seven unions I'D County Clare, and
the returns show that re relieved iu Ba,lyvauohan
1900; Ennis tymofe. 1926: ScauG. about 5000;
Cor,hu. 1000; Kelrush. 1904; luila, 40 returns
Kelladyset LOO.
"The returns from rull1 are not set sent w. hut IL
is Iot "a large ui oa. The population of County
Glaze is 1851.
COUNTY KERRY
"Now with respect TO K,uy." said n Lorlslip
we have q little different auau 20 at. % r- is %
committee s.ttingat Killarney. and vc c-n- ituf,i
il tho Central County Committee of fhe County
Kerry That committee has under its charge five
unions: Killarney. Kcnmarc, Dugle, lfal,e and Lis
torel. ,......-.,......
but they have received FROM this Iuul EI.2OO.
1hls gives about $3.50 10 each uu.o1-whlch is
rather loss than the average in o." West. for many
of these unions get from goo to G7O0. We expect
To- make them another grant Bus $500 have another
union IN Kerry not under tins committee, Cahlr-
ciyeen, where there "A great deal Of distre.s-por
haps tho most distressed district in Kerry. The
estimate furnished WAS that out of 70 population OF
5,I43. fifteen Thousand persons required relief
COUNTY CORK.
"Wo are dealing with SIX UNIONS i1 Cort-uot
with the whole of She county, only tae southwest
crn part Of It.
In Sidbberccn, ont OF population OF $1,000
PERSONS there are 5000 cases of absolute want.
"Iu Skulo Union out Of population OF $1,000,
there are 800 cases OF distress.
From Bantry wo have no report.
in Castletown. oil. Of a population ~ 1000.
there are 1000 cases Of distress. In Cas'.,.ovu
there are 600 occupicrs Of land rated under f. and
there are 700 more who rate rs under go Hero
L. ,trf. ttffi al
valne of whose holdings does not exceed so. This
raises an interesting question OF peasant proprietor
ship. There are politicians who want 90 convert
these tenants into owners. ILoso unfortunate pco-
pie have not got, at the present moment any avail
able means Of subsistence. any capital with which
10 cultivate the land, stock any credit; and
vet it Is proposed TO make them owners 81 the soil
When they are In such distress even when they
have landlords to rely In some degree TO aleyi-
ato it-for Of course IL is for the interest Of the
landlord TO stand by his tenants-what would he
their condition if thoy had to fall back on 7
However / did not mean TO discuss politics.
"In Mil Street Union there $500 families
destitute who have received relief from this fund.
COUNTY LIMERICK.
"In Rathkale there are $500 persons receiving
relief.
ain Groom there are about one Thousand rccciy-
ing relief out Of population Of ,O0O
COUNTY LEITRIM
AT Mohill," continued Lord Churchill, there
are about 5000; at Manor Hamilton about 5000.
and at Caruck in Shannon Union, there are 3,4OO
people receiving relief out of population of
$4,000.
AT Baum Bay. out OF a population Of 81 900,
there are 200 persons who are receiving relief
you will bear in Mind" said his Lordship, that
these statistics show tho returns made to this Fund
only. There other returns reported to and
other grants made by the Mansion House Fund
Committee.
"These gnres do not represent the enlire dlstress