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Album of Belfast
Belfast, the capital of the Province of Ulster, is
charmingly situated at the head of Belfast Lough, where the River Lagan
enters it, separating the Counties of Antrim and Down, and is bounded by
high hills, and commands admiration by its singularly handsome streets and
public buildings. Belfast was created a City in 1888. Of comparatively
modern origin, it has developed in extent and importance with amazing
rapidity, due to the energy and enterprise of its citizens. At the
beginning of the present reign, the Borough of Belfast contained some 69,205
inhabitants; whereas, in the Jubilee year, 1887, it has attained a
population of 230,000, showing an increase in 50 years of 160,000.
An idea of its growth and wealth may be formed from a comparison of the
Custom House Revenue Statistics. The receipts, which in 1855 amounted
to £363,175, increased in 1888 to the formidable sum of £1,785,111. So
that Belfast now stands for Customs' Revenue the third port in the United
Kingdom, following London and Liverpool. It is the centre of the great
Irish Linen industry, and is the chief Shipbuilding station in Ireland.
Sold Wholesale by W. Lawrence, Photographic Publisher, Dublin, Printer in
Germany. the end
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