There has been a decrease in the membership of every religion in the Irish Free State, according to Volume 3 of the Free State Census just issued. The Roman Catholic population has fallen by 2.2 per cent., Protestants have lost nearly 33 per cent. of their members. The Jews have declined by 3.1 per cent.
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