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Table showing the proportion of persons affected by evictions to the average number of Emigrants, 1865.

				Yearly average			Per-centage of
	Arable Acres	Population in 1861.	Holdings in 1861.	number of Emigrants, 1860 to 1855.	Evictions, 1865.	Individuals affected.	Persons affected to Emigrants.	of Evictions to Holdings in 1861.
Ulster	4,057,563	1,914,236	216,905	21,313	484	2,420	11.4	0.22	or 1 in 448 Holdings.
Leinster	4,079,130	1,457,635	131,420	14,774	395	1,975	13.3	0.30	or 1 in 332 Holdings.
Munster	4,538,054	1,513,558	128,158	37,330	258	1,290	3.5	0.20	or 1 in 496 Holdings.
Connaught	2,790,078	913,135	133,562	11,492	266	1,330	11.5	0.20	or 1 in 502 Holdings.
Not distributed				7,078
Ireland	15,464,825	5,798,987^[1]	610,745	91,987	1,403	7,015	7.0	0.22	or 1 in 437 Holdings.

N.B.—This table includes both the Metropolitan and Urban evictions, for which, of course, the landed proprietors of Ireland are not responsible; a very considerable deduction ought to be made from the above figures on that account.

↑ Including 403 seamen and others at sea on census night.

[1] Including 403 seamen and others at sea on census night.

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