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Principles of Political Economy, Vol. 2

Note 258-1 — Chapter III

John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation

In Ireland, the unsalaried condition of the Catholic clergy who depended entirely on marriage fees (as high as £20 being paid by poor farmers. Quart. Rev. No. 289), baptismal fees, burial fees, etc., operated as an artificial stimulus to the increase of population under the most unfavorable conditions. See § 254.

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