HOME RULE FINANCE.
A REVELATION IN TAXES. A Treasury report issued on July 28 shows that Ireland during the year April 1, 1910-March 31, 1911, contributed only £321,000 to Imperial services. This is better than the year before, when Ireland received from the Exchequer £2,357,000 more than she collected in taxes. But the extraordinary disproportion between what Ireland paid last year and what Great Britain paid for the upkeep of the Navy, the Army, the Crown, and the Government is shown thus: Population. Payment. Great Britain 41,098,401 £129,618,000 Ireland ... 4,371,163 321,000 Calculated per head of population the payments are: Each person in Great Britain £3 3 1 Each person in Ireland 1 5 The total revenue collected in Ireland was £11,665,500, of which she spent £11,344,500 on herself. Great Britain collected a revenue of £190,162,000, of which she spent on herself on v £60,544,000. '
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 22, 19 September 1911, Page 6
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144HOME RULE FINANCE. Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 22, 19 September 1911, Page 6
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