Return of names of towns in Ireland for which town commissioners are appointed, and number of inhabitants according to census of 1851

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RETURNS RELATING TO COMMISSIONERS, &C, OF TOWNS, IRELAND. 

RETURN of the Names of the several Towns in Ireland for which Town Commissioners are now appointed, under the Act 9 Geo. 
4, c. 
82 ;—Of the present Number of Comhissionejis for each of those Towns;—Of the Number of Householders in each of those Towns now registered under the said Act, or the Act 0 & 7 Vict. 
c. 
93, as qualified to be elected Town Commissioners in respect to the Occupation of Houses rated to the Annual Value of £. 
20 or upwards ; and of the Number in each Town so registered as qualified to vote in respect of Tenements rated to the Annual Value of £. 
5 or upwards;—Of the Number of Householders in each of those Towns rated at the respective Animal Values of £.4 
or upwards, £.8 
or upwards, £. 
10 or upwards, £. 
12 or upwards, and £. 
15 or upwards;—And, of the Number of Inhabitants in each of those Towns, according to the Government Census of "March 1851. 

1 

'resent dumber 

Number of Householders registered as qualified 

Number of Householders rated at 

Number of Inha according to the Gover 

of March 18 

litants NAME OF TOWN. 
of 

ICominis-! 
sioners. 
1 ( 1 

To be elected Town Commis¬ sioners. 

To Vote. 

£. 
4 or upwards, i 

£.8 
or lpwards. 

£.10 
or upwards. 

£.12 
or upwards. 

£.15 
or upwards. 

anient Census 51. 

Ardee -13 31 131 134 84 66 52 46 2,752, in eluding 872 persons support¬ 

ed in public institutions. 
Armagh 21 215 797 951 701 430 335 290 9,607 „ 

800 -ditto. 
Athlone 21 85 405 484 310 213 181 131 7,973 „ 1,758 -ditto. 
Athy -21 38 218 251 152 120 96 60 5,110 „ 1,265 -ditto. 
Aughnacloy -9 9 72 93 40 27 21 11 1,704 Ballinasloe -21 81 231 252 179 162 137 116 6,238 „ 2,485 -ditto. 
Ballymena -21 99 444 563 323 235 203 159 6,009 Ballymoney -12 23 190 229 137 106 82 52 2,581 Ballyshannon 14 20 99 180 91 56 46 45 4,091 Banbridge --| 15 52 262 312 182 138 109 78 3,765 479 1 ditto. 
Bandon Belturbet 

18 14 

91 18 

405 80 

519 111 

322 62 

254 52 

200 37 

155 20 

8,388 2,120 

„ 1,651 -ditto. 

Caher -15 (a) 26 166 166 78 62 51 45 3,692 Callan -

Carrick-on-Suir 

9 13 

14 19 

119 174 

195 253 

52 128 

35 106 

27 90 

21 57 

4,470 8,147 

„ 2,102 -ditto. 
Cashel -

Castleblayney Cavan -

Clonakilty 

21 21 13 

33 (*) 37 (c)13 

160 

168 180 

216 

215 230 

115 

74 113 

93 

60 83 

80 

45 57 

65 

26 43 

7,615 2,841 4,594 3,300 

„ 2,970 „ 

• 764 

,, 1,270 

-ditto, 

-ditto, 

-ditto. 
Coleraine 21 69 239 391 240 198 109 136 6,104 341 -ditto. 
Downpatrick-Dundalk Dungannon -

19 15 21 

70 205 82 

344 634 372 

469 735 424 

260 500 258 

214 396 211 

177 348 176 

129 269 128 

4,605 9,841 4,284 

527 154 „ 

453 

-ditto, 

-ditto. 

-ditto. 
Ennis -

Enniscorthy -

Enniskillen -

21 31 21 

46 38 109 

270 247 377 

343 322 428 

190 185 258 

151 162 227 

126 133 184 

93 101 156 

12,165 7,735 6,642 

„ 4,365 „ 1,735 

869 

-ditto. 

-ditto. 

-ditto, Fethard 13 (a) 37 207 207 115 92 62 60 2,767 Hollywood -15 59 240 268 184 159 136 97 1,485 Kells -

Kinsale -

21 13 1 

45 33 

191 211 

241 225 

122 100 

101 107 

85 88 

67 64 

5,236 6,440 

» 1,239 „ 939 

-ditto. 

-ditto. 
(a) No rating lower than 5 /. 
(b) The Act was only adopted in April last, and no rating has yet been made. 
(c) Twenty-one Commissioners were originally appointed, but at present there is not a sufficient rated at 201., 
four arc occupied by females, and four by persons too old to act. 

numbor of qualified persona. 
Of the 13 hqusei