The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
IRELAND IS STILL
LOSING POPULATION
While There Is Excess of
Births Over Deaths, Emf
grafton Is Heavier.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.
bile 10 The Tribune.

special cable 10 Inc Tribune
DUBLIN. Aug. 13.-Ireland is stlll
losing population. The excess of births
over deaths in 1909 was 27.7s6. according
TO the registrar generals report just Is
sued, put as 2S.676 people emlgrated dur
Ing the year. there was an actual de-
crease In population of 800 The mar
riages registered during the year num-
bered 22650. representing a rate of SIS
per 1000 of the estimated population.
This rate is 0.02 below that for the preyi-
ous but SSs S0ys the the for
rlages registered during last year. 16,oo7
were between Catholics, S427 were cele-
brated according to the rites and cere-
monies of the Church of Ireland, 2296
were in Presbyterian meeting houses 4e2
In registered buildings belonging 10 vari-
Gus religious denominations, - by civil
contract in the registrars Offices. were
according TO the usages OF the Society OF
rites. The marriages Of bachelors with
spinsters contributed SOB per cent Of the
total; those of widowers and spinsters
were Sc per cent. The marriages OF
bachelors and widows were "a per cent.
and those of widowers and widows
formed is per cent Of the total mar
riages. The highest marriage rate for
county or county borough areas were ~
per 1000 OF the population for the county
borough of Dublin. and the lowest was
Mayo.
Almost Like a Refrain.
Opening the commission OF assize for
Cork city, Lord Justice Cherry. In his
address to the grand jury, said their
ly light. That was pleasure he had re-
pcated so frequently during the present
circuit that 1t was now almost like a
refrain. They had only one case TO. go
before them, a charge OF breaking a
plate glass window During the asslzes
which were now coming TO a conclusion
throughout, Ireland, in almost every
exceptions. the Judges had been able 10
testify to the peaceful condition OF the
country generally and the absence Of
crime. He could not recollect In any pc
riod within his memory where reports
had been so uniformly favorable. He had
been Informed IL was in a great measure
due TO the advance of the cause of tenn
perance. He supposed IL was so In Cork
ALSO.
Irish Flax Crop Promising.
It is satisfactory to find by the June
circular of the Flax Supply association.
Belfast, that the Irish flax crop this year
has most promising appearance. There
is a fairly substantial Increase at last
in the area under fax. and II is sisnlf-
cant that though the acreage in Munster
and Connaught is not considerable. the
increase in those provinces Is relatively
large. When Belfast alone imports flax
to the value OF about million and a
quarter annually, an increase, however
small, Of the area under flax In Ireland
must be regarded as a satisfactory sign
OF improvement Thirty years ago there
were 1870 acres under flax in Ulster
alone. In Antrim. Derry and Down the
increase IN flax sowing was considerable
this year. In Armagh, Cavan. Monahan.
Donegal. Fermanagh and Tyrone, while
there was n decrease In some districts.
there was an increase in others, so that
on tho whole there is n larger crop than
last year In Ulster: and the present con
dtion Of the fax indicates that the yield
will be considerable.
Black Measles Epidemic.
A disease known as black measles.
which has broken out in the Templence
district of County Kerry within the past
fortnight. has already caused seven
deaths and forty fresh cases have been
reported to the medical officers OF health.
The disease is of n malignant and highly
contagious character. and a curious fact
in connection with the outbreak is that
the victims were young men between the
ages of 20 and 27