6. Return of joint-stock banks doing business in Ireland, the number of their branches, number of shares, amount of subscribed and paid-up capital, rate of dividend, reserve fund, &c. NOTE.-There are only three private banks carrying on business in Dublin, viz: Ball & Co., Boyle, Low, Murray & Co., and Guinness, Mahon & Co. Paper money circulated by banks of issue is in the form of promissory notes, for sums of £1, £3, £5, £10, £20, £25, &c., usually extending to £100. Occasionally larger amounts are issued in the form of a note, especially by the Bank of Ireland. 7. Amount of deposits in the Irish post-office government savings-banks since the foundation, in 1862. 8. Number of depositors and amount of deposits in the trustee savings-banks in Ireland in the years 1847 to 1876. NOTE.-Trustee savings-banks are in the process of being superseded by the post-office savings banks. 9. Number of distilleries and number of gallons of proof spirits on which duty was paid for consumption in Ireland, and rate of duty charged in each year ended December 31, from 1834 to 1867, and for years ended March 31, 1868 to 1876. NOTE.-The total number of distilleries in England in 1870 was 9, in Scotland 113, and in Ireland 30. The number of detections for illicit distillation in 1876 was 8 in England, 1 in Scotland, and 796 in Ireland. 10. Wages paid by the board of public works throughout Ireland. Description. Northwestern district. 1873. 1874. $0 84 to $0 66 80 to 88 $0 99 to $1 08 $0 90 to $1 03 $0 96 to $1 12 80 to 88 $0 96 to $1 12 Per day. 88 to 96 1 20 to 1 26 1 20 to 1 26 1 26 to 1 32 80 to 88 80 to 88 88 to 96 96 to 1 08 1 32 to 1 40 96 to 1 08 to 1 20 Do. 1 38 Do. 1 08 1 08 to 1 20 Do. |