to the truth.

School.

The master of one school has a small sa- Endowed lary from the vicar: there are several others in the union. The charges for instruction vary from three to Rates of five shillings per quarter.

VIII. State of Religious Establishment, Tythes, &c.

Tuition.

The Marquis of Hertford has the right of presenta- Advowson. tion to this benefice. There is a good parish church in Church. Aghalee, which stands nearly in the centre of the three parishes. At Aghagallen there is a Roman Catholic Chapel. chapel, and a meeting-house for quakers at Magheramisk. There is neither glebe-house nor glebe. The Tythes. rectorial tythes are the property of the patron; the vicarial, which include one third of the great tythes, go to the vicar. The vicarial tythes are let at an acreable valuation made thirty years ago, from 4d. to 6d. per acre, according to the quality of the land at that time. The rectorial tythes are let in the same manner, and at rates still lower.

IX. Modes of Agriculture, Crops, &c.

The rents of the best lands do not appear to exceed Rents. £1. 10s. per acre, English measure; the worst are not lower than 10s. The system of agriculture in general is good. The usual rotation of crops is, after potatoes Rotation of Crops. (or fallow) wheat, and usually a small portion of flax, then oats, occasionally laid down with red clover, or immediately reverting again to potatoes or fallow. Barley sometimes succeeds potatoes, but wheat is generally preferred by the farmer. The farms are small, contain- Size of ing from ten to forty acres, though there are a few that

Farms:

Stock.

exceed the latter of these quantities; and the st cattle average according to the usual proportion. are no fairs or markets held here.

None.

X. Trade, Manufactures, Commerce, &c.

XI. Natural Curiosities, Remarkable Occurrences, nent Men, &c.

None, except what has been already mentioned.

XII. Suggestions for Improvement, and Means for liorating the Condition of the People.

No. II.

PARISH OF

ANNA HILT,

(Diocese of Dromore, and County of Down.)

BY THE REV. JOHN DUBOURDIEU, RECTOR.

I. The Name of the Parish, Situation, Extent, &c.

THE parish of Annahilt is situated in the county of Situation. Down, and diocese of Dromore. It contains ten town- Townlands lands, nine of which are in the barony of Lower Iveagh, and one in that of Kinnalarty: On the north, it is boun- Boundaries ded by Drumbo; on the east, by Killany, Maheradroll,

or Ballinahinch; on the west, by Crumlin, or Hillsborough; and on the south, by Dromore and Dromara parishes.

The superficial contents are about 3600 acres of ara- Contents. ble and pasture lands; the bogs and lakes may altogether amount to 400 acres more, making the whole about 4000 acres. The church and glebe of Annahilt lie about Bearings. nine Irish miles south of Belfast, which is in latitude