leather, 130—Duties on Irish manufactures: woollen and cotton goods, leather, silk, soap, candles, 131—Prohibitions on Irish trade, 132—The land the only resource left to the Irish people, 133—The rapid expansion of the agricultural population and the rise of prices of agricultural produce during the French war, 134—The consequent pressure of the people on the land, 135—The linen trade alone exempted from the effect of the jealousy of Britain, 136 — Expansion of the linen trade in Ulster and the prosperity of that Province, 137—An outlet thus afforded to the agricultural population of the North, 138—Review of the foregoing arguments, 139—The responsibilities of Irish landlords and British manufacturers compared, 140—Mr. Cobden's view of the subject, 141—Mr. Charles Greville's view of the same subject, 142, 143—Sir G. Lewis's view of the same subject, 144—The difficulties of an Irish landlord, 145—The course of his proceedings, 146—The pastures of Ireland, 147, 148—The trade of the North, 149—The trade of Belfast, 150.
CHAPTER IV.
The disproportion of cultivators to the area cultivated in Ireland reconsidered, 152, 153—Table of proportion of cultivators per acre in Ireland, England, Belgium, and Flanders, 154—Comparison of results in produce, 155—Proportion of cultivators per acre larger in Connaught and Munster than in Ulster, 156—The amount of produce nearly in inverse ratio to the proportion of cultivators in different parts of Ireland, 157—The proportionate number of cultivators in Ireland about the same as in Belgium, though Ireland is less adapted to spade-husbandry than Belgium, 158, 159—The opinion of various persons on the minimum size of farms on which a tenant can live with comfort, 160, 161—The agriculture of Belgium, 162—The rack-rents and short leases of Belgium, 163—The profits of the Belgian farmer, 164—The agricultural population of Belgium most wretched where the farms are smallest, 165—Condition of the Belgian farm-servant, 166—The advantages afforded in Belgium to 'la petite culture,' 167—The market gardening of Belgium, 168
