Statistical Survey of the County of Clare, 1808 by Hely Dutton

Chapter V - General Subjects

Population
Number and size of towns and villages
Habitations, fuel, food, and clothing of the lower rank, and their general cost
Prices of wages, labour, and provisions
State of Tithe—its general amount
Use of beer or spirits, whether either or which is encreasing
State of roads, bridges &c. &c
Navigation and navigable rivers
State of fisheries
— of education-schools, and charitable institutions
— of non-resident and resident proprietors
— of circulation of money or paper
— of farming or agricultural societies
— of manufacturers—whether encreasing
— of mills of every kind
— of plantations and planting
— of the effects of encouragement heretofore given by the Dublin Society, particularised in the annexed list, and any improvement, which may occur for future encouragement, particularly for the preservation of trees when planted
— of nurseries in the county, and extent of sales
Price of timber, and state of it in the county
Quantity of bog and waste ground—the possibility and means of improving them, and the obstacles to their improvement
Habits of industry, or want of it amongst the people
Use of the English language, whether general, or how far encreasing
Account of towers, castles, &c. or places remarkable for any historical event
List of Parishes
Abbeys
Ecclesiastical divisions of the Diocese of Killaloe
Resident Clergy only
Pillar-stones, &c.
Whether the county has been actually surveyed?
Weights and measures, liquid or dry; in what instances are weights assigned for measures, or vice versa?
Morals, manners, and customs of the people
Concluding Observations