and any provisions contained in such Order in Council shall
have the same effect as if they had been enacted by Parliament.

Clause 40, definition clause.

_Summary of Finance Provisions._

(Clauses 12-20.)

Clause 13. The Irish Parliament is to have the right to impose all
taxes except customs and excise.

The Irish Parliament to pay annually to the British Exchequer these
sums, fixed at the level for the following 30 years:--

L1,466,000 as interest on the Irish share in the National Debt.
1,666,000 towards the Army and Navy.
110,000 towards the Imperial Civil expenditure.
1,000,000 towards the Irish Constabulary.
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L4,242,000 in all.

The Irish Exchequer to pay annually L360,000 towards the reduction of
the National Debt, and their payment of interest to be reduced in
proportion.

If any reduction takes place in Army and Navy to the extent of reducing
British proportions below 15 times the Irish, then the Irish to be
reduced by 1-15th.

The Irish Government to receive the revenues of Crown Lands in Ireland.

If the Irish Constabulary is reduced, then the Irish contribution
towards Constabulary to be reduced accordingly.

Clause 14. The first charge for the Irish contributions to be on the
customs and excise collected in Ireland. The rest to go to the Irish
Government.

The first charge on other Irish taxes to be (1) any deficit in Irish
contribution to British Exchequer, (2) any interest on any Irish debt,
(3) Irish public service, (4) Irish judges, etc.

Duty laid upon Irish Government to raise taxes equal to paying these
charges.

Clauses 16 and 17. Provisions as to Irish Church Fund and Irish loans
(now obsolete).

Clause 18. In case of war Irish Government "_may_" contribute more
money for the prosecution of war.

Clauses 19 and 20. Machinery clauses.

(2) THE BILL OF 1893.

[Sidenote: A.D. 1893.]

A Bill intitled an Act to amend the provision for the Government of
Ireland.

WHEREAS it is expedient that without impairing or restricting the
supreme authority of Parliament, an Irish Legislature should be created
for such purposes in Ireland as in this Act mentioned:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows:

_Legislative Authority._

[Sidenote: Establishment of Irish