The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
fLonaon chroniele.)

.., -,ro,+ If the census Of Ireland is
t,.,ed giving complete details for the who'e "
Ireland From our report It - seen lnSt SNS
ponuistiou of Ireland IN 1901 was 4'4Ss"Z5 ",
zoo .o4o males and z,sss735 females an ioS' y
was 4.7o4,7so tz,sIs,es3 males ana H,99snW
-,.lcsY There was, therefore, in the ten years
a decrease Of s4s,97s persons, or SIS Pc 80.
with regard TO the religious professions noi4ai
Catholics decreased from 3,s47,3o7 IN lo9t W
, 661 in 1901, or 81 per cent. [[U'e ,Il
Foiscopalians practically the Church OF He.eHG
decreased from 6oo,io3 in 1891 10 S9i,ooY
,oor OF az per cent, PTesDyteIiahs ueNiN
"a uer cent, their number being 443,a7o IN l9oi;
"a against AA4zoA in 1891. hethooists sno"eu
- ;,rrease from ss,oo In 1891 to $4,000 IN 1901
mr. ~ per cent All other petSuAs.on' ~
creased from 1886 in 1891 to o3@43 IN -
beinz an increase Of ~ per cent In i9oi '
number of persons in Ireland years olu ~a1
rsrd who were wholly illiterate was equal 10 lSI
,er cert of the populatian;.Sn 1891 the percent
| soe vas 1sA showing decrease in 1901 OF ~
| in the percentage - .,.,,..d
| IN ars.1AA or $40 per cent. In 1901 IL was zt9C
a1s, or Aga per cent, fall OF $50 III 1ne
TentAoe The commercial class in 1894 was 90
| - ~ oer cent In 1901 it had risen 10
| -, $40 or a.so per cent, an increase oil o43 IN
H. 1ercentage The agricultural class IN 1891
numbered o36,75o, or 1899 per cent AZ -
Il had fallen to $4,000, or 1905 per een', az
crease of o.z7 in the peTcenIaSe' N'
cI,es IN ,soI was represented by 6s64oo persons
If Ieos per cent In 1907 the number was o32'-
ara. or 1874 per cent, an increase OF o'59 In 'ne
The ratabls valuation Of ireland trose from
6sr Is cd in 1891 to sI4e5z754 is IN
raj or Ga per cent The number OF emigra
during the decade was 43o993 (aoo'j25 mar
. and z7os6s females) in the previous oecaue 'u'
erigrauts amounted TO 76S,1o5
T. The total number OF lunahcs and idiots re-
turned IN 1901 was 2, 1873, and 1901 the nuihoe'
1 ,1,o,r,ted to asoso. A decrease in the nuinuel
~ persons returned as idiots and an increase Il
the number OF lunatics appeared ooth IN lnl
census and in the census of 1891, as compared
with that of 1881. This is disqmehng symptom
of the population, and is attributed by some o"
servers to tea drinking. ,
In roor the total amount of land under crop
was A67l.os1 acres, as against 4,8lS5oI acres
in 1sor. During the decade grass land increase
or from 10 GA acres 70 HOSTESS acres "oou
as and plantations decreased from 311,554 acres
,oo. 7at acres and turf, bog marsh, barren Inoui
tajns. etc. decreased from 4,769,o77 acres 10 q
z,o.,6a acres The land under cereal crops Ok
creased from 149z763 acres to 1,5I7's74 acres
d . green CROPS from I,IoG424 acres TO lio79'4A
acres and FAX from 74,665 acres TO 55'44z acre
Onlv meadow and clover land increased from
osos2o acres TO a,r7s,soz acres. These inquire
Ter show how ireland is gradually becoming graz
TO ing country. -, IL. l.
Id The number of persons speaking Irish only a.
mt creased from s8Ios, OBJ per cent oil u
e. population to zo,o53, or OF per cent ne nun
~. her Of foreigners in ireland increased from 1895
lph TO 1854, an increase of 3641.