Dr.Sigerson states that some of the worst of these regions in the west of Ireland are as well adapted to flax-culture as Ulster, and Napoleon III.

showed what could be done for such wastes as La Sologne and the desert of the Landes by the intelligent study of a country and the judicious development of such values as are inherent in it.

The loss of population in Ireland is not unprecedented.

The State of New Hampshire, in America, one of the original thirteen colonies which established the American Union, has twice shown an actual loss in population during the past century.

The population of the State declined during the decade between 1810 and 1820, and again during the decade between 1860 and 1870.