Note 213 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
The amount expended from the poor-rates in 1855, to assist in the emigration of 830 poor persons from different unions, was 6,859l. In the previous year the amount had been 22,651l., including 10,000l. from the rate in aid, to assist in the emigration of 1,500 young females from the workhouses in the south and west of Ireland.