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Economic Value of Ireland to EDUCATION, increased national
Great Britain [1886]-contd. expenditure on, ii. il2 .•
-- school attendance in the
85; excessive Imperial expendi-
ture on Ireland. 441-442. United States, ii. 52.
Tolal capital of Ireland about four Ect PT and South Africa,' in-
hundred million £. and mostly adequate garrisons in, ii. 254.
owned locally. 443. ELLIS'S, Mr. Arthur, table of cost
Ireland, trade of. with Great Bri-
tain, its exports about twenty- of foods and materials, 1859-
one million .l. and im ports about 1878, i. 128.
fifteen million £, 445-446. EMICRATION, loss of population
The Question from the Irish point
of view: to United Kingdom by, since
J. Probable gain to Ireland and to 1820, ii. 23.
Great Britain by separation on EMPIRK, wealth of the, and how
the direct Government account, it should be used, ii. 363.
447· ENGLAND, population of, since
2. Indirect loss to Ireland by with-
drawal of English troops, 447- 1800, and its increase, ii.
448. 35 2 •
3- Separation would probably in- -- recent rate of material pro-
terrupt trade between the two
countries, and as Great Britain is gress in, ii. 99.
the sole market for Irish exports, EUROPEAN countries, hostile feel-
the result would be disastrous 10 ing of, during South African
Ireland, 448. War, ii. 214.
Conclusion. Great Britain would EUROPE and foreign food supplies,
lose little by separation, but Ire-
land mucb, 448. ii. 341.
Indirect political danger from se- -- increase of population of, in
paration difficult to measure, but last century, ii. 338.
insignificant so long as we keep -- population of, changes in,
command of the sea, 449-450.
Necessity for change in present re- ii. 9.
presentation of Ireland in Parlia- EXCESS of exports not necessarily
ment.45 1• a sign of prosperity, i. 315.
" Economist's" scheme for settling -- of imports over exports and
land and Home Rule questions, the question of a nation living
452.
Expediency of· buying out Irish on its capital, ii. 283.
landlords at expense of Imperial -- of imports or of exports in
exchequer, 452-453- trade of certain countries ex-
Over-taxation of Ireland, mostly plained, ii. 66-
on spirits and tobacco; Mr.
Senior's evidence on this point, -- of imports, generality of, i.
453-454- 3° 8 ,3 1 5.
N"t~.-The author not in favour of EXPENDITURE, estimate of heads
Home Rule and a separate Par-
liament; reference to Mr. Chil- of, by people of United King-
ders's Royal Commission; Gov- dom. ii. 368-369.
ernment grants now given to -- growth of national, and the
compensate for Irish over-taxa- resources of the country, \i.
tion do not commend themselves
to the author, 455. 308.
EXPORTS, ch~ngeslin prices 0[,
"ECONOMIST'S" sfheme for t86S-I877, i. 12~.
settling land and Home Rule ExpoltT and import statistics, use
questions in Ireland, i. 452. of, i. 282.