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2,289,500 3,059,468

Most of these reductions are deceptive. No. 1 is the saving of an
abnormal grant, Nos. 2 and 5 signify mere transfers to Grants in Aid of
Local Taxation, No. 7 a transfer of duties to the Department of
Agriculture.

The table shows a total reduction of L769,968, while Table A shows a
total increase of L6,130,000. Together they account for an increase
since 1891-92 of L5,360,032.

Here is a similar table, confined to Justice and Police:

C. EXPENDITURE ON JUSTICE AND POLICE.

1910-11. 1891-92.
L L
1. Judicial Salaries ... ... ... 102,000 110,244
2. Dublin Metropolitan Police ... 93,500 91,998
3. Royal Irish Constabulary ... ... 1,371,000 1,362,348
4. Judicial Pensions, etc. ... ... 15,000 18,656
5. Law Charges ... ... ... ... 65,500 71,977
6. Superior Courts Offices ... ... 110,500 116,851
7. County Courts Offices ... ... 109,000 112,895
8. Prisons, etc. ... ... ... ... 112,000 134,429
9. Reformatories, etc. ... ... ... 112,000 110,451

2,090,500 2,129,849

To Nos. 1, 2, and 3 I have already referred. The whole charge of two
millions, though it shows a slight decrease in twenty years, is grossly
out of proportion to the resources of Ireland. Under heads 6 and 7 are
included a number of posts which are notoriously little more than
sinecures.

To sum up once more, the cost of the Irish Government as paid out of the
common purse in the last completed financial year was L11,344,500, or L2
11s. 9d. per head of the population, as compared with a cost per head of
L1 9s. 2d. in England, and in Scotland of L1 13s. 31/2d. But this is not
the minimum figure with which we have to reckon in considering the Home
Rule scheme; some items show a marked increase in the Estimates of the
current year: (1) The increase in Old Age Pensions, not certain yet,
will be at least L250,000. (2) The Land Commission is L544,000, as
compared with L414,500. (3) Universities and Colleges, L186,256, as
compared with L166,000. (4) Department of Agriculture, L426,609, as
compared with L415,000. (5) Registrar-General's Office, L29,020, as
compared with L13,000. (6) Valuation and Boundary Survey, L44,58