esentation of Great Britain on the basis of population; and the
members of the Irish House of Commons so summoned shall be deemed to be
members of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom for
the purpose of any such revision."

The second--Clause 42--provides that Irish laws shall be interpreted
always in legal subordination to Acts of the Imperial Parliament:--

"(2) Where any Act of the Irish Parliament deals with any matter with
respect to which the Irish Parliament have power to make laws which is
dealt with by any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed
after the passing of this Act and extending to Ireland, the Act of the
Irish Parliament shall be read subject to the Act of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom, and so far as it is repugnant to that Act, but no
further, shall be void."

APPENDIX B

THE SHRINKAGE OF IRELAND

(1.) THE DECREASE IN POPULATION SINCE 1841.

------+--------------+-----------+-----------+------------------------
Year. | Population. | Decrease. | Decrease | Great Britain.
| | | per cent. | Increase per cent.
| | | +-----------+------------
| | | | England. | Scotland.
------+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
1841 | 8,196,597 | -- | -- | -- | --
1851 | 6,574,278 | 1,622,319 | 19.8 | 12.65 | 10.2
1861 | 5,798,967 | 775,311 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 6.0
1871 | 5,412,377 | 386,590 | 6.7 | 13.21 | 9.7
1881 | 5,174,836 | 237,541 | 4.4 | 14.36 | 11.2
1891 | 4,704,750 | 470,086 | 9.1 | 11.65 | 7.8
1901 | 4,458,775 | 245,975 | 5.2 | 12.17 | 11.1
1911 | 4,381,951 | 76,824 | 1.7 | 10.9 | 6.4
------+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------

N.B.--This Table is compiled from the Preliminary Reports of the Census
of 1911, which give the population returns only as far back as 1841.
There was, of course, a Census of the United Kingdom as early as 1801,
but the official returns extended at first only to England and
Scotland, and it was not until 1813 that there was any official census
of Ireland. Even then it was far from correct. The first trustworthy
Irish Census was that of 1821. For 1821 and 1831 the Census figures are
given in "Whitaker" as follows:--