[123] Between 1896 and 1898 the equivalent grants to Scotland and Ireland were based on the Goschen proportion, 80, 11, 9, the English grant being taken as standard. Scotch grants are now determined by special legislation.
[125] Only part of the Dublin Metropolitan Police is paid out of State Funds, the rest by the City of Dublin.
[126] The relative figures were: Ireland, £2,408,000; Scotland, £1,064,000; England, £6,325,500. The recent removal of the disqualification for Poor Law Relief adds considerably to these amounts.
[127] In the poorest parts of Ireland they range as low as 9s.
[128] See pp. [174]-[176]. In 1908, England and Wales spent £21,987,004 on elementary education, and raised £10,467,804 for it in rates. Of the rest, £11,104,305 came from Parliamentary grants. Fees and endowment incomes of voluntary schools are not included (Statistical Abstract of United Kingdom, 1910).
The actual Parliamentary Votes, as they appear in the accounts for 1910-11, are: England (Class IV.), "Board of Education," £14,166,500; Scotland, "Public Education," £2,250,000; Ireland, "Public Education," £1,632,000. But the English Votes include sums devoted to technical education, museums, etc., whose counterparts in Ireland come under other departments.
[129] Two years earlier than the date I have chiefly used for the purposes of comparison, but the difference is not material. In point of fact, the expenditure was £300,000 less in the later than in the earlier year.
[130] (1) Rates on Government Buildings; (2) Superannuation; (3) Government Printing; (4) Board of Works; (5) Home Office.
[131] Department of Agriculture, Endowment Fund: