12 February 1812.
(Treland.)
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For taking an Account of the Population Ireland^
and of the Increase or Diminution thereof.
Note—The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios in
the written Copy.
I it is essentially necessary to the Administration Preamble,
1 2111 % of Government on sound and enlightened principles, that
i' the progressive Increase or Diminution in the Population of
every Country should be periodically ascertained, at stated
intervals of time, for the information of the Legislature, in order that the '
causes of such Increase or Diminution may be accurately investigated,
and due provision made thereupon, as shall be deemed requisite;
May it therefore please Your MAJESTY,
That it may be Enacted; 3Mb it CBimttcJ) by the KlNG's Most An Account
Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords
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spiritual and Temporal, and Commons^ in this present Parliament as- Persons in
sembled, and by the Authority of the same THAT within that part of
the United Kingdom called Ireland, such Persons as shall be for that
purpose appointed in the manner hereinafter mentioned, to act in and
for every Tovvnland, Parish and Place, shall, at the time and in the man¬
ner hereinafter directed, severally lake an Account of the number of
Persons who shall be actually found at the time of taking such Accounts
to be within the limits of such Townlands, Parishes and Places re¬
spectively, and shall set down the several particulars respecting the
same, according to the Form prescribed in the Schedule annexed to this
Act.
and for the more speedy and effectual obtaining of such Accounts, Printed Copies
BE it further Enacted, That a sufficient number of printed Conies of this Aa to be
A transmuted to
â– fict, and 01 the Schedule thereto annexed, shall, within Clerks of the
<lays after be transmitted, by His Majesty's dSwed to'
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