The Irish standard., 1895-10-12
lIIE EXODUS one ND
Tho Emigration ast Ysar IS Lass
Than fpr4 Som j Ysars
S5.s Past.
10000 SENT HERE IN TEN YEARS
No Other Land II ths World Offers
suoh m Eaampls Of
Depopu alton.


The emigration from ireland to other
countries were actually less last year
than in any year since 1851 and 1ela-
lively lower than In any year except be-
tween 1876 and 1873. The total was 81, !
$50, which u, 1877 lower than in 1892,
nearly 5000 lower than in 1891; less than
half the total Of 1888 and less than one
third the total for 1888. Ireland has
suffered more severely from losses by
emigration than any other country IN the
world From 1920 to 1880, Ireland sent
$4,000 en1ligT ants ID the United States
alone. From 1880 TO 1910 the number
was 2O7, 900 From 1870 to- 1850 it was
100000 From 1850 to 1860 the emigra-
ton from Ireland was Isl 900 to the Unit
ed States. In the next ten years, which
included the civil war in the United States
and better time and better crops in Ire
land, the total was $4,000. From 1870
to 1880 it was 100000. From 1881 to
1882. it rose again to 100000 making the
total number Of Irish elnigrants who
landed in the United States since 1890.
and prior to that time, when the figures
were less exact, about 1000 900. The pop
ulation of Ireland is about 100000, SO
that including the emigration to- Canada
and Australia, which has been extensive,
more Irish men and Irish women, prob
ably, have left their country to seek
homes elsewhere than are now IN it. No
other land N the world offers such an ex-
ample of wholesale depopalation. Usual-
lyA the, emigration has been large, when
the TIME fhqE been poor, following bad
crops and famines and small when the
times have been fairly good. Under these
circumstances it is very reassuring to
know that emigration from Ireland has
fallen below the figures of any year since
1851. In the year 1871 the population Of
Ireland was 8,20O,OO0. The population of
England, at that time, with Wales IN
cluded was 100000, or less than twice
as great. The population Of Scotland waa
100000. England and Wales have been
steadily increasing ever since, and now
number 80, 00C, 900 inhabitants. Scotland
has been steadily increasing also, and now
numbers 4,000,0G00 Inhabitants. Ireland,
on the other hand, through the losses
from emigration, has declined from $780,
900 to 4,500,O00 An interesting compu-
tat.on has recently been made of the pro-
vinces of Ireland from which emigration
has come. In forty five years the pro-
vince Of Munster, which includes majo
ity of the counties Of the south of ireland ,
has lost 100000 inhabitants by emigra-
ton Ulster, in the north, has lost 1885,
600 Leinster:in the east Of Ireland has
lost $50, 900, and Connaught in the west Of
ireland, "a more sparcely populated re
gion, has lost $4,000. Compared with
the figures Of forty years ago, Munster
has last So per cent, Ulster Sc, -Leinster
Al and Connaught GO. The best friends
of the Emerald Isle are those who dis
courage further, emigration from it's
shores, : 1T dds,algpod sign that the exodus
is decreasing. +; Better that the Irish re-
main in their native land to continue the
national struggle to obtain their rights
and their liberation from the influence of
the malign laws which have compelled
them to leave for other countries at the
rate of a million decade during the last:
forty years.