§ Mr. GINNELLasked what the Financial Relations Commission found to be Ireland's taxable capacity in 1894–5, the amount of Imperial taxes actually paid by Ireland that year, the difference, and the amount of Imperial taxes paid by Ireland in the financial year ending 31st March, 1911?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe General Report, signed by eleven of the thirteen members of the Financial Relations Commission, states that "whilst the actual tax revenue of Ireland is about one-eleventh of that of Great Britain, the relative taxable capacity of Ireland is very much smaller, and is not estimated by any of us as exceeding one-twentieth." The separate Reports of different groups of members show, however, that there was no general consensus of opinion how relative taxable capacity should be ascertained. The amount of tax revenue contributed by Ireland in 1894–5 was £6,763,715. The total tax revenue contributed by the United Kingdom was £85,347,940, of which one-twenty-first part is £4,064,188. The figures for 1910–11 are not yet available.