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First Edition. Octavo (13 cm x 18.5 cm). VIII, 906 pages. Original Hardcover (Publisher's blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine). Very good and firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. This is one of the most important and rarest sources for Statistics in Ireland in 1845 and one year prior of The Great Famine [Gorta Mór / Irish Potato Famine]. Thorough Statistics in Thom's Almanac for the Famine-years 1844 and 1845 in this Volume show for example: Page 180: "The Poor Law Act came into operation in 1839, but none of the Workhouses were opened for the reception of paupers till 1840, in which year 4 were opened, in 1841, 34 were opened, in 1842, 54 and in 1843 14 and in 1844, 7; remaining to be opened [prior to 1845]: 17." Folding Tables show "Name, Situation, Extent, Number of Electoral Divisionsand of Guardians in every Union in Ireland; also the Number for whom House Accommodation has been provided, the Data of opening of every Workhouse, with the number in each on 1st of January, 1844, the average Number relieved daily etc. etc." Statistics show List of Articles Imported and Exported (Net Produce of Molasses, Hemp, Rice as well as Exports of Corn, Grain, Lard, Horses etc.) The Statistics are detailed and thorough and list results from Skibbereen to Belfast. The Almanac also lists in detail for example: Tables for finding the rising and setting of Sun and Moon / Lighthouses on the Coast of Ireland / Fairs now held in Ireland / Stamp Duties / Corn Duties / Table of Irish and British Money / Bill Card for 1845 / Courts of Law / Governors of Colonies / Scotland Officers of Crown and State / Peerage / Peerage of Ireland with alphabetical Index / Knights of St.Patrick and Officers / Baronets of Ireland / Knights Bachelors in Ireland / Ancient Irish Titles retained by desendents / Foreign Titles borne by residents in Ireland / Knights of British & Foreign Orders in Ireland / Statistics of Ireland: Railways / Poor Law Statistics / Populations of Towns (Skibbereen in West Cork showing for example: 4715 / Dunmanway: 3086) / etc. etc. Sprache: english.