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of IRELAND.
143
And those Houses that have more than one Chimney, have but one with another above four in each House, viz. in all 66,000

250, M.|9|
The Number of them of all degrees, who paid Poll-money, Anno 1661. was about 360,000
Dublin hath Houses of more than one Smoak. 3,400
Other Cities, Towns, and Corporations of the
like.
6,000
The rest of Ireland of the like 6,600

[1]165,M.
And of Smiths Forges, near the same number, or rather
15 more.


A more particular Account of the Houses in Ireland, which have more than one Chimney , viz.
 
The Castle of Dublin hath Chimneys 125
The Earl of Meath's House in Dublin 27
The Houses of Dublin which have above 10, are 164


[2]The Number of Coaches, besides Hackneys, near the same
Number, or rather fewer.
 
There be (ut supra) 160,000 Cabins without Chimneys, whose worth are not reckoned ; but as for the others, we rate as follows, viz. Houses of |10|
1 Chimny 24000 at 5l. each 120,000l.
of 2, and 3, 6800 at 40l. 272,000l.
4, 5, 6, 5600 at 100l. 560,000l.
7, 8, 9, 2500 at 300l. 750,000l.
10, 11, 12, 700 at 600l. 420,000l.
13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20.
400 at 1000l. 400,000l.

2,522,000[3]
  1. '165, M' should be '16 M,' and is so corrected in S.
  2. 1719 omits this paragraph.
  3. This footing falls, both in S and in the first edition, in the middle of a page, where it is superfluous. It may have originated in a MS. which was the archetype of S as well as of the first edition. Cf note 4, p. 145.