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PROGRESS OF BELFAST.
The following statement will give an idea of the progress of Belfast during the last half century.
| Population of | Belfast in | 1811 . . . | 27,000 |
| " | " | 1865 . . . | 150,000 |
| In 1856 | . . 176 | In | 1862 . . | 840 |
| " 1857 | . . 251 | " | 1863 . . | 1455 |
| " 1858 | . . 409 | " | 1864 . . | 1505 |
| " 1859 | . . 378 | " | 1865 . . | 1057 |
| " 1860 | . . 225 | " | 1866 (6 mos.) | 953 |
| " 1861 | . . 730 |
| Griffiths' | Valuation— | In 1861 . . . | £253,900 |
| " | " | " 1862 . . . | 278,892 |
| " | " | " 1863 . . . | 297,551 |
| " | " | " 1864 . . . | 311,041 |
| " | " | " 1865 . . . | 333,894 |
| Tons under. | |||
| In 1848 | . . . 506,953 | Revenue, | £23,911 |
| " 1865 | . . . 1,111,581 | " | 52,282 |
Expenditure on quays and dock accommodation, £716,000, giving an extent of tidal and floating dock room of 92 acres, besides 34 acres of water storage for timber.
One of our floating docks is 450 feet long, 60 feet width of entrance, and 15 feet depth of water on sill at high water neap tides.
Water Supply.
£150,000 are being expended by the Water Commissioners, giving an estimated daily supply of 6,000,000 gallons of water.
