§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of the population in Ireland in 1851, and the amount of Imperial taxation levied in that year; whether he can state the estimated number of the population, deducting the number of emigrants since the last census and adding on the births to the 31st May, 1906; and also state the amount of Imperial taxation to be levied in Ireland for the year 1906–7.
625 (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) According to the census of 1851, the population of Ireland in that year was 6,574,278. I have been unable to ascertain the amount of the Imperial taxation levied in Ireland in 1851, but the amount for 1849, the nearest year for which figures are available, was £4,563,512. Present estimates of population are made quarterly, and the estimated population on the 31st March, 1906, was 4,397,720. The estimated amount of Imperial taxation to be levied in 1906–7 is £8,339,000.