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Show Irish Harvest Laborers. Somo interesting returns havo been published by tho department of agriculture agri-culture for Iroland on tho subject of the annual migrations of tho Irish harvest laborors. Tho yoarly Influx Into England nnd Scotland, which has been going on in much tho snmo way for at least a couple of conturlos, Is now not noarly so groat ns It was In tho days of overpopulation In Iroland boforo tho fnmlno, but this yoar thoro woro still nearly 18,000 Irishmen who adopted tho old means of lining their pockets against tho wintor. Morb than threo-quarters of them wero from tho province of Connaught, tho rest being Ulster men, nnd moro than half of thora woro from County Mayo. |