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cultivation likely to prove a formidable offset to a tenant's claim for compensation, 332, 333.
SMALL v. LARGE FARMS.
The question of small versus large farms considered, 334—"La petite" versus "la grande" culture, 335—Small versus large farms, 336—Evidence on the condition of the small farmer, 337—The consolidation of farms in Ireland has not brought their average size up to the average size of the farms in countries where "la petite" culture is practised to most advantage, 338, 339—Evidence on the subject, 340.
THE PROGRESS OF IRELAND.
The prosperity of Ireland has not been on the decline, 341—The effect of three wet seasons on Irish prosperity, 342—The necessity of manufactures to sustain agriculture, 343.
RISE OF WAGES v. RISE OF PRICES.
Comparison of the rise in wages and in the price of food, 344.
CORK AND KERRY IN 1867.
Cork and Kerry in 1867, 345—Mr. Robertson's report, 346—Agriculture: leases; fixity of tenure, 346, 347—Want of skill and capital, 348—Subdivision, 349—The cottier and the farmer: supply of labour, 350—The labourer cannot obtain constant employment, 351—Large fences and small fields, 352.
TABLES AND STATISTICS.
A small farmers profits v. a labourer's wages, 353—School population, 355—Density of population, 356 — Minerals of Ireland, 356—Deposits, 357—Acreage under crops in 1866, 358—Acreable produce in 1866, 359—Acreable value of crops in 1866, 360—Comparative tables of tillage acres, acreable value, and cultivators. 361.—Number of acres in each Province in 1851 and 1861, 362—Extent of land under crops from 1817 to 1866, 363—The holdings in 1841, 1851, 1861 classified, 364—Extent of land held by each person in Ireland, 365—Table of holdings from 1841 to 1864, 366.
