The digest of Lord Devon's report shows, that there were in Ireland, when it was drawn up, "326,089 occupiers of land, whose holdings were under eight acres each, and that the consolidation of these small holdings, up to eight acres, would require the removal of about 192,363 families; but, then, the _first_ class of _improvable waste lands_ in Ireland (on which we wish to see them employed) would furnish to all those removed families locations of about eight acres each--or, the first and second qualities of improvable waste land, taken together, would furnish them with locations of twenty acres each." These facts seem fully sufficient to justify Mr Mill's conclusion, (formerly quoted,) that if we "suppose such a number drafted off to a state of independence and comfort, together with a very moderate additional relief by emigration, the introduction of English capital and farming over the _remaining surface_ of Ireland (at least where the proprietors may think it necessary) would at once cease to be chimerical."[9] At least we feel justified by these facts, by all the statements here made, and by the authorities by whom this plan has been recommended, in demanding that a measure which promises so much relief, not only to the miseries of Ireland, but to the various philanthropic designs in this country--which are so continually thwarted by the influx of Irish poor--should be fairly and openly canvassed; and that, if any serious objections can be stated to it, they should be publicly brought forward and discussed. [9] Mill's _Principles of Political Economy_, vol. i. p. 393.