§ MR. O'MARA (Kilkenny, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the proportion which the income-tax assessment on which taxes were contributed by Ireland bears to that 298 of Great Britain, averaged for the last five years available.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe percentage of income-tax contributed by Ireland, as compared with that contributed by Great Britain, is, after making the necessary adjustments in accordance with the practice followed in preparing "Financial Relations" Returns, as follows:—
Ireland. Great Britain. 1899—1900 3.77 96.23 1900—1901 3.54 96.46 1901—1902 3.32 96.68 1902—1903 3.31 96.69 1903—1904 3.73 96.27
§ MR. O'MARAOught not these to be the figures on which the taxation is levied, seeing that they represent the taxable capacity of the two countries?
§ [No Answer was returned.]