Some curious statistics have been published showing the com- parative
number of Catholics and Protestants in the different grades of Irish society. Only 8,412 persona were returned in the census as " landed proprietors,"—a very noteworthy little fact,— and even this number is considered by the Commissioners too high, many leaseholders returning themselves as proprietors. Of the total number, 4,044 are Protestants, and 3,576 Catholics. Among clergymen 3,014 are Catholic, 2,265 Anglican Protestants, and 677 Presbyterians. There are 498 Protestant to 216 Catholic barristers, and 1,078 attorneys to 674. Among the farmers S01,296 are Catholics, and only 77,463 members of the Established Church. In the civic population the proportion of Roman Catho- lics is 72.01 per cent. and in the rural districts 72.03 per cent., while the members of the Established Church are only 17.17 and 10.73 per cent.
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