§ MR. J. MACVEAGHTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state what amount towards the Imperial taxation was drawn from Ireland in the year the Financial Relations Commission was sitting; what was the population of Ireland at that period; what amount Ireland contributed last year towards Imperial taxation; and what was the estimated population of Ireland last year.
§ (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) In the year 1895–6 the tax revenue contributed by Ireland was calculated at £7,075,000. The estimated population of Ireland on the 30th June, 1895, was 4,560,000. In 1905–6 Ireland's contribution to tax revenue was calculated at £8,254,000, the estimated population on the 30th June, 1905, being 4,392,000. I may perhaps add that the cost of the Irish services defrayed out of Imperial funds was in 1895–6 £5,939,000, and in 1905–6 £7,635,500.