| | |Increase | |Increase | 1837. | 1842. |per cent.| 1847. |per cent. |-----------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------- | | | | | Population, | 396,721 | 486,055 | 22 | 723,332 | 48 Number of cultivated| | | | | acres assessed for | | | | | local taxes, | 4,736,268 | 5,548,357 | 17 | 6,477,338 | 16 Number of houses | | | | | assessed | | | | | for ditto, | 22,057 | 31,638 | 43 | 42,937 | 35 Value of property | | | | | assessed, |£4,431,098 |£6,913,341 | 56 |£8,567,001 | 23 Number of carriages | | | | | kept for pleasure, | 1,627 | 2,188 | 34 | 4,685 | 114 Number of | | | | | elementary | | | | | schools, | -- | 927 | -- | 2,464 | 165 Number of scholars | | | | | in ditto, | -- | 29,961 | -- | 80,461 | 170 Number of cattle, | -- | 504,963 | -- | 565,848 | 12 Number of horses, | -- | 113,675 | -- | 151,389 | 33 Number of sheep, | -- | 575,730 | -- | 833,869 | 45