asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of land area, crops, valuation, etc. for Counties Dublin, Meath, Louth and Kildare in the form of a reply of 6th December 1961.
Written Answers. - Land Statistics.
The particulars requested by the Deputy are given in the following statement:
No. |
Item |
Unit |
County |
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Dublin† |
Meath |
Louth |
Kildare |
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(1) |
Total Land Area |
Acres |
226,708 |
575,593 |
202,112 |
416,790 |
(2) |
Rated Valuation of Land, 1st March, 1961 |
£ |
217,525 |
479,435 |
156,521 |
249,924 |
(3) |
Area under Crops and Pasture, June, 1960. |
Acres |
169,118 |
543,363 |
169,827 |
338,788 |
(4) |
Rated Valuation of Area under Crops and Pasture. |
— |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
(5) |
Other Land, June, 1960* |
Acres |
57,590 |
32,230 |
32,285 |
78,002 |
(6) |
Rated Valuation of Other Land |
— |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
(7) |
Number of Agricultural Holdings of¼ acre or over, June, 1960. |
No. |
7,881 |
13,201 |
6,455 |
8,472 |
(8) |
Average Acreage of Agricultural Holdings, June, 1960. |
Acres |
23.3 |
42.6 |
28.7 |
44.2 |
(9) |
Average Total Valuation of Agri- cultural Holdings, June, 1960. |
£ |
37.7 |
39.4 |
28.7 |
33.9 |
(10) |
Rated Valuation of all Buildings and Structures, 1st March, 1961. |
£ |
3,882,858 |
104,502 |
166,538 |
111,690 |
(11) |
Rated Valuation of all C.I.E. Buildings and Property, 1st March, 1961. |
£ |
32,774 |
1,467 |
2,026 |
2,250 |
(12) |
Area of Lakes and Waters |
Acres |
1,139 |
3,832 |
1,262 |
1,855 |
(13) |
Total mileage of all Fish-bearing rivers. |
— |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
(14) |
Total Area of State Forests (Wooded Area), 31st March, 1960. |
Acres |
3,358 |
— |
1,804 |
4,603 |
n.a.=not available.
*All land not under crops and pasture; includes woods, etc.
†Including Dublin County Borough and Dún Laoghaire Borough.