Account of Numbers of Freeholders registered in Counties, Cities and Towns in Ireland; Number of Householders and Freemen in Boroughs; Number polled at last General Election in Ireland

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12 IRELAND : ACCOUNTS RELATING TO FREEHOLDERS, 

N' 8.—County 
of DOWN. 
FREEHOLDERS REGISTERED. 

YEARS. 
Forty Shillings. 
Twenty Pounds. 
Fifty Pounds. 
£.20. 

Rent Charge. 

£.50. 
Rent Charge. 
1795 23 6 _ _ — 

. 
1796 8,199 92 39 3 1 1797 95 5 3 — _ 1798 — 

— — — — 1799 186 6 6 --1800 76 5 8 --1801 6,444 61 33 -1 1802 985 2 15 --1803 80 ----1804 66 2 4 -— 1805 3,78i 130 101 -1 1806 2,392 57 31 --1807 2,284 7 14 --1808 2,440 40 27 --1809 1,860 33 23 --1810 578 10 11 --1811 1,609 17 26 -1 1812 2,400 55 45 1 1 1813 2,579 66 45 -1 1814 736 8 16 --1815 3,625 10 19 — 

— 1816 665 7 9 -

-1817 840 3 9 -

-1818 2,061 6 18 -

-1819 i,7i7 23 20 -

-1820 318 11 15 -2 . 

1821 « 1,539 23 24 -

-1822 837 11 12 -

-1823 670 4 12 — 

"Which I certify. 
I also humbly certify, That there are no c ities or Towns corporate in the 

County of Down. 

Persons who polled at the last General Election in the County of Down, and in the Boroughs of Newry and Downpatrick, situate in the same County. 

In the County of Down -In the Borough of Newry In the Borough of Downpatrick 

Which I 

--no contest none 

--no contest none ck ** ~ -342 hun lbly eertifj 

Jo/m Cnzzg, Clerk of the Peace County Down. 

Borough of Downpatrick. 
JMBER OF ELECTORS POLLED AT THE ELECTION: I" 1/97 --

. 
141 1802 -

-

-193 1806 --

-224 1807 --

-123 1812 --

-298 1815 --

-3'5 1818 --

-380 1820 --

-349 A^ote.—In 
1807, there were 240 on the Registry, but numbers were rejected by the returning officer on points of law, which was afterwards investigated before a Committee of the House of Commons. 
In 1820 there were 424 on the Registry, but the unsuccessful candidate not being able to continue the poll, there was only the above number polled. 
Downpatrick, 12th June 1824. 
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