The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-02-02


trscted from the sister Kingdom and
from the European continent. In 1901
the. natives Of England and Wales who
had. cast in their lot with tho Irish
numbered nearly 1900. Over 10000
scotchmen had found it profitable TO
establish homes in Ireland.
Nearly $500 persons who had been
born in the British colonies and de-
pendencies had removed their be-
longings to Ireland France, Italy.
Germany, Austria aud Spain had 4 to-
tai Representation of 1854. OF the
foreigners nearly 1000 were Jews from
Germany and elsewhere. The popula-
ton in 1887 was over 100000. 1t has
been reduced since then to less than
100000. Between 1891 and 1901 there
was decline OF almost 246,OOo. 1t j.
not easy, even in the best of crcum-
stances to make statistics interesting
to, tie average reader. L recognize.
however. that without the help of Of
fetal figures ! should stand but poor
Chance of being believed in setting out
with the suggestion that Ireland is now
among tho prosperous civilized coun-
tries.
There We're nine Irish banking COM
panies in 1870. or these there We're
branches. sub-branches, and agencies
in 294 towns and villages. No addition
has been made to the number of the
companies, but the branches, sub
branches and agencies had increased
tn .667. in 1908. The deposits and cash
balances accounted for by the nine
companies in 1885 made sum total OF
s146,S5o,000. In 1895, these had grown
to S227,16o,oOO an increase of $780,
100000 in twenty years. The story
has been an increase of 33o.5G3 in the
number of depositors between 1885, and
1874. In 1886 the deposits amounted to
s22,O95, 5000 and in 1905 to $3.50. 900.
an increase of S41,365,O00. In the two
years ending December. 1905. there had
been an increase of $1.950,O00.
or dividend paying stdclls ana
shares guaranteed by the British gov
eminent residents of Ireland in 1908
held a total of the estimated value or
si71.645 900. an increase of $40 100000
oFer the holdings of 1898. think the
fact is worth noting that with the ex-
ception of distributions amounting to-
the value OF $4,000 all of the stock is
sued under the Irish land purchase act
to March, 1906. S54,92o.Oo0, has been
subscribed for in ireland. In Dccem-
Der. 1906, residents of Ireland also held
1sritish. South African war stock to the
value. of S2.740,O0o. The land stock
and the war stock each pay only 81
per cent.
.Ilte koeernmenL official who pre-
pared; the statistics for 1903 attributes
the increase in bank deposits to the
"hoarding propensity on the part of the
to the, spread of branch banks to re-
mote towns and villages In winding
np, his remarks. nevertheless. he shows
that he: is not entirely sure Of his
ground and cautiously ventures the
suggestion that ''probably there has
been an increase of wealth per head of
population as WE'LL.
"A great improvement in the ship
ping trade is also noticed. At the en-
try side of the account of coasting YES
sells it is recorded that there has been
an increase of 102,4S0 tons in 1904 over
tile total tonnage of 1894. The total
tonnage Of vessels that cleared out of
the. Irish ports during the same period
shows an increase of 1OS.473. Compar-
ing the entries in the foreign trade
during the same years there Was an in
crease of 245,635 in the tonnage
In 1904 tile Irish railways had :, cap
ital, paid Up and raised by loan and de
benturc stock. OF $192,060,490. The
number OF miles open for traffic in 1877.
was 214S. This was increased to g.
296 in 1904. Comparing the total re-
ceipts from all sorts Of traffic of 1871;
with those of 1904. there is an increase
Of $7,343,970 in the latter-named year
Il The otalt:receipts in 1915 came TO sl3,-
355:H7Ds :, III. 1904 they reached $o0,699,-
T4Q. .r.5
Iii 1850 the total number of passen-
gers carried was 17,259,o17. This was
Exclusive or season or periodical
tickets, which i'll that year numbered
2L586. The total humber carried q
1901 was 26,S53,332, and the season
ticket holders in that year numbered
34,354: Comparing the returns Of 1881
with those of 1901 there is an increas.
OF 9,594.315. In 1904 the total number
carried was 2S,979,62S, an increase o