"For the purpose of revising the financial provisions of this Act in pursuance of this section, there shall be summoned to the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom such number of members of the Irish House of Commons as will make the representation of Ireland in the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom equivalent to the representation 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[ToC]
(1.) The Decrease in Population since 1841.
| Year. | Population. | Decrease. | Decrease per cent. | Great Britain. 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 |