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Returns of Rate of Wages in some of the principal Agricultural Districts (continued):—

	1831	1841	1851	1861	1866
Lurgan, co. Armagh	6s.	—	—	—	9s.
Near New Ross, co. Wexford and Kilkenny	5s. to 6s.	5s. to 6s.	6s.	6s. to 7s.	6s. to 7s.
Near Castlerea, cos. Roscommon and Mayo, winter	4s.	4s.	6s.	7s. 6d.	8s.
Same, summer	6s.	6s.	9s.	10s.	12s.
Near Killarney, co. Kerry	5s.	5s.	6s.	7s.

The following table is taken from Dr. Hancock's interesting work on the 'Supposed Decline of Irish Prosperity,' published in 1863^[1]:—

The Number of Evictions, as ascertained by the Police, in each
Year, from 1849 to 1862, compared with the Number
of Persons permanently leaving Ireland:—

Years	Number of evictions		Number of persons permanently leaving Ireland
	Families	Persons
1849	13,384	72,065	254,425	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$[2]
1850	14,546	74,171	249,050
1851	8,815	43,449	289,721
1852	6,550	32,160	190,322	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$[3]
1853	3,820	17,868	173,148
1854	1,835	8,989	140,555
1855	1,365	6,732	91,914
1856	878	3,948	90,781
1857	919	4,223	95,081
1858	720	3,432	64,337
1859	491	2,348	80,599
1860	511	2,711	87,626
1861	829	3,964	66,396
1862	983	4,972	72,730

1. Report on the Supposed Progressive Decline of Irish Prosperity. By W. Neilson Hancock, L.L.D.
2. These numbers are obtained by adding an estimated average number of persons migrating to England and Scotland to the numbers emigrating abroad.
3. These figures are taken from the Emigration Returns published by the Registrar-General for Ireland.