Thoughts on the Present State of Ireland (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Again the town of Clifden in Connemara, and the surrounding country, in 1815, contributed no revenue; and, up to 1822, its agriculture was so imperfect, that scarcely a stone of cats could be got. In 1836, Clifden had become an export town, having sent out 800 tons of oats, and it produced to the revenue annually £7000. From the expenditure in Connaught, in eleven years, of in public works, the increase of annual revenue, derivable from the province, has become equal to the entire amount. In Cork, where Mr. Griffith expended in seven years, there has been stated to be an annual increase of customs and excise of immediately derivable from the territories benefited by these works.' These, says Sir R. Kane, should not be called grants of money, but instalments of capital.

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