+-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ | | | | Arrears of Rent. | | |No. Of| Rental of +-----------------+----------------+ | |Causes| Estates. | When Receiver | When Receiver | | | | | was appointed. | last accounted.| +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ | | | £ s. d.| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | 1841. | 698 |598,635 13 10¾| 39,358 16 4½ |347,226 14 10 | +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ | 1842. | 595 |548,783 12 9 | 3,105 0 10 |299,554 10 8 | +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ | 1843. | 764 |563,022 2 4 | 39,265 13 1 |290,292 4 10 | +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ |Average of | 686 |570,147 2 11¾| 27,243 3 5 |312,357 16 10 | |three years| | | | | +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ | | | _Court of Exchequer._ | | |From 1836 | | | | | |to 1843 | 316 |132,675 2 3 | 56,163 6 6 | 87,849 0 11¼ | |inclusive. | | | | | +-----------+------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+ The arrears of rent have since greatly increased, although the object of the Courts is confined to getting in the Rents, improvements being seldom attempted. The condition of the people on these neglected, and with reference to their present state of cultivation, over-populated estates, is melancholy in the extreme. [15] “Observations upon certain evils,” &c. [16] “Observations upon certain evils,” &c. [17] “Observations upon certain evils,” &c. [18] “Observations on the evils resulting to Ireland,” &c. [19] Treasury Minute, October 15, 1847. [20] These useful reforms were suggested by Mr. Pierce Mahony, who is entitled to the gratitude of the public, for the perseverance and ability with which he has, for many years past, with little encouragement either from the public or from those who have administered the Government of the country, advocated these and other measures directed to the extremely important object of simplifying, facilitating, and rendering more secure the transfer and tenure of land. [21] The year 1845 was the second and worst in America; and in 1846, although it still extensively prevailed, the disease was of a milder type and only partially affected the crop.