Note 14 — Front matter
Reading edition
The following Table gives the leading particulars relating to the estates under the management of the Courts in Ireland during the years 1841–2 and 3:
Court of Chancery.
No. Of Causes Rental of Estates. Arrears of Rent.
When Receiver was appointed. When Receiver last accounted.
1841. 698 £ s. d. 598,635 13 10¾ £ s. d. 39,358 16 4½ £ s. d. 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 three years 686 570,147 2 11¾ 27,243 3 5 312,357 16 10
From 1836 to 1843 inclusive. 316 Court of Exchequer.
132,675 2 3 56,163 6 6 87,849 0 11¼
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.