Ireland Industrial And Agricultural

Author : William P. Coyne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330653241
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Ireland, Industrial and Agricultural written by William P. Coyne and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ireland, Industrial and Agricultural: Handbook for the Irish Pavilion In January of the present year, the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland decided to take part in the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, by erecting an Irish Pavilion in the Grounds, and displaying therein a representative selection of the characteristic products of Irish Industry, It was arranged, at the same date, that an official handbook dealing with Ireland's chief economic resources should be prepared in connection with the Department's Exhibit at Glasgow. This work was entrusted to my charge. Four or five months is not, in the best circumstances, an excessive time to allow for the compilation and editing of a volume of this kind. In the present case that period, so far as the preparation of this work went, was still further curtailed by the pressure of ordinary official duties, and the composition of three somewhat lengthy Statistical Reports. I cannot pretend that, so far as my share in it is concerned, the book has not suffered from these circumstances. At the same time I must express my thanks to my colleagues and the other contributors whose admirable work, for which no apology is needed, gives its value to the volume. A word as to its scope. It was thought well to take the opportunity afforded by the publication of such a work to make it something more - indeed, something other - than an ordinary guide to the Irish Pavilion. The book opens with a description of the general geological and physiographic features of the country, followed by articles on the climate, flora and fauna of Ireland. An analysis of the economic distribution of the population is then given, preliminary to an account of the internal means of communication, and the banking facilities of the country. The next Section is devoted to agricultural and technical education and art instruction. As leading up to the functions of the State Departments in regard to agriculture and industry, an account is given of the splendid work done by some of the great voluntary associations of Ireland in developing the material resources of the country. Two chapters are occupied with a necessarily curtailed analysis of the work of the Congested Districts Board, and the powers and constitution of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. The principal Institutions of Science and Art, which have now passed under the control of the Department are briefly described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.