IRISH EXPENDITURE.
Let us look a little more closely at Irish expenditure, as disclosed in the Treasury returns.
For purposes of comparison, I set out first the main heads of Civil Expenditure for England, Scotland, and Ireland in the year 1910-11:[119]
| Population. | England, 36,075,269. | Scotland, 4,759,521. | Ireland, 4,381,951. | |
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Civil Government Charges, 1910-11: | ||||
| (a) On Consolidated Fund: | ||||
| (1) Civil List, Salaries, Pensions, and Miscellaneous Charges | 340,500 | 148,000 | 138,500 | |
| (2) Development and Road Improvement Funds | — | — | — | |
| (3) Payments to Local TaxationAccounts, etc. | 7,199,500 | 1,204,500 | 1,477,500 | |
| (b) Voted | 26,121,500 | 4,180,500 | 8,026,000 | |
| Total Civil Government Charges | 33,661,500 | 5,533,000 | 9,642,000 | |
| Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue | 3,157,000 | 464,000 | 298,000 | |
| Post Office Services | 15,798,500 | 1,930,000 | 1,404,500 | |
| Total Expenditure | 52,617,000 | 7,927,000 | 11,344,500 | |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| Per head of population | 1 9 2 | 1 13 3½ | 2 11 9 | |
The totals, if we consider relative populations, appear startling.
Look at the third, or Irish, column, and set aside the two last items, "Customs, Excise, and Inland Revenue," and "Post-Office Services," which represent the cost of collecting Irish Revenue and maintaining the Irish postal, telegraph, and telephone services. We may note in passing, however, that the Post-Office receipts in Ireland in 1910-11, according to the Treasury estimate, were less than the outgoings by £249,000 (receipts, £1,155,500; outgoings, £1,404,500).
The Civil Government Charges are the most important heads of expense, and these are divided into two main classes: (a) charged on Consolidated Fund; (b) Voted.
Class (a) consists of (1) Salaries, Pensions, etc.; (2) Development and Road Improvement Funds; (3) Payments to Local Taxation Accounts.
In other parts of Return No. 220 will be found the details of expenditure in these various classes: