Page:William Petty - Economic Writings (1899) vol 1.djvu/244

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The Political Anatomy
For 20 Transcendental-houses, per estimate 78,000

Total 2,600,000
Memorandum, That not ⅛ part of the Value of all those Houses do belong to other than English Protestants. 325,000
To the English 2,275,000
There are of Non-papists in Dublin 28,000
In the other Cities, Towns, Corporations, &c. 72,000
In the Country 100,000

[1]2,000,000
There is in Nature but one in 500 at most who are Blind, Lame, and under incurable Impotence; so as not above 2000 in Ireland, whom 12000l.[2] would maintain without Scandal. |11|
The number of young Children under seven
years old, and not fit for Labour, is ¼ of
the 275,000 whole, viz.
275,000
The said number of Impotents 2000
The number of Soldiers 3000

280,000
The Masters and Mistresses of 360 Families, wherein are above six Smoaks, are 7,200
Their Servants to their Persons 14,400
The Servants to the Persons of such as live in 5600 Families of 4, 5, 6. Smoaks, are 11,200
Servants in Families of 2, and 3, Smoaks 6800
Ministers, Students, &c. 400

320,000
People in all 1100 M.
Of above 6 years old 704
16 462
  1. '2,000,000' appears to be a misprint for '200,000,' the reading of S. But on p. 142 Petty found 300,000 'Non-Papists' in Ireland. See also p. 148.
  2. Cox, 'he allows 12000l to 2000 Impotents & pag 60 [of the MS., p. 189 of this ed.] but 8oool.'