In illustration of this remark I refer primarily to the Excise, Customs, Stamps, and the Paper, Malt, and Spirits made in Ireland for Four Years, ending 5th January, 1846, and to some other items, corroborating the statements in the former edition of this work. Ireland is essentially an agricultural country, and her increased productions testify to augmenting wealth. In 1800, with great difficulty 4,000,000 derived a scanty subsistence from the soil; now there are more than 8,000,000 inhabitants. The exports from Ireland to Great Britain were thus, at an interval of 45 years, The advantages of the English market for Irish agricultural produce is manifest by the following returns of imports into Liverpool from Ireland since 1841. £ £ 1843 78,363 £ £ 27,480 16,050 17,802 1841 79,754 1842 78,515 1843 85,860 169,513 198,400 793,960 165,918 195,289 781,156 171,720 250,499 1,001,996 1844 90,056 189,118 249,259 1,046,888 14,801 1845 96,509 217,145 262,677 1,076,975 18,997 19,373 17,991 15,858 1846 1847 * There being no complete returns for 1845. 1841 115,125 | 322,350 70,043 168,103 294,452 334,939 381,068 523,968 2,098 1842 82,417 197,810 77,217 177,599 215,356 215,356 276,430 | 331,716 | 7,168 1843 152,446 353,248 212,148 422,528 200,659 172,232 417,618 415,928 6,570 1844 124,714 302,431 247,882 493,698 182,872 | 176,776 244,136 268,550 5,104 1845 310,923 746,215 383,658 766,327208,095 225,436 221,143 302,229 6,411 1846 In addition to the foregoing imports from Ireland into Liverpool, there were other articles, such as barley, rye, peas, &c. The eggs and poultry for 1844 amounted to £120,000; salmon, £40,000; other fish, including oysters, £30,000; hides, hair, feathers, porter, &c. £110,000: in all £700,000. The total value of Irish produce imported into Liverpool is about £6,000,000, and into Bristol about £1,000,000 per annum. The North of Ireland steam packets, laden with provisions, &c. ply to Port Fleetwood and to Scotland. Linen yarn is now exported from Ireland to the Continent. The values were Of late years attention has been directed to the great mineral wealth of Ireland. The Irish copper ore sold in Swansea, and lead ore raised, was in the years— There is an increasing export of porter and whiskey from Ireland. Grain spirits exported from Dublin alone during the last two years, amounted to 946,322 gallons at proof. The total quantity exported from all Ireland from 1772 to 1800, according to Morewood, was only 78,000 gallons. In 1847, to England alone, it amounted to 1,072,450 gallons. The Customs Duties collected in different districts shews progress, although several articles are now imported into Ireland on which the duty was paid in Great Britain. Dublin £ £ £ £ £ £ 669,181 647,568 761,832 768,632 889,564 977,718 1,032,696 1,012,089 Waterford 111,337 108,293 124,920 125,029 196,388 168,359 195,969 175,133 185,664 191,495 196,519 198,089 256,612 263,364 300,540 282,951 84,782 97,293 136,775 136,910 169,490 170,552 177,294 | 193,497 72,911 73,792 87,022 87,470 103,900 108,507 105,224 108,685 237,044 201,947 288,756 289,025 365,023 372,972 366,426 372,853 Cork Limerick Total of the above and other Ports. 1,520,833 1,463,623 1,746,199 1,756,131 2,140,666 2,254,771 2,348,629 2,323,802 In maritime trade the progress of Ireland has been remarkable. The TONNAGE belonging to and registered at the different Ports in Ireland, at intervals and for 3 years at each period. Increase between the first and last periods, Tons 530,152. The Steam tonnage which entered the ports of Ireland in 1836 was half a million, in 1846 it was doubled. The total tonnage which entered Ireland in 1836 was (in round numbers) 1,600,000 tons;-in 1846, 2,600,000 tons; being an increase of a million tons in ten years. The intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland was Great, improvements have been made at considerable expense in Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, and at other ports. The expenditure on Port Patrick Harbour alone, since 1820, has been £165,441. The Statements at pp. 134 to 140 shew how greatly the internal traffic of Ireland has augmented since 1800; the tolls, traffic, and wharfage received on the Shannon waters, were in Tolls Shannon. Tons From Shan non to Canals. Tons Landed at the Piers. Tons £1,849 £1,856 £1,646 £1,556 £1,564 | £1,779 £1,779 Loaded at the Piers. Tons |