--------- L6,180,000

2. _Local Taxes_:
(1) Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . L600,000
(2) Income-Tax at 6_d_. in L . . 550,000
--------- L1,150,000

3. _Non-Tax Revenue_:
(Post Office, Telegraph, etc.) . . . . . L1,020,000
----------
L8,350,000

EXPENDITURE.

1. _Contribution to Imperial Exchequer_ on basis of
1/15th of Imperial Expenditure, viz.:
(1) Debt Charge . . . . . . . . L1,466,000
(2) Army and Navy . . . . . . . 1,666,000
(3) Civil Charges . . . . . . . 110,000
--------- L3,242,000
2. _Sinking Fund_ on 1/15th of
Capital of Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,000
3. _Charge for Constabulary_[14] . . . . . . . 1,000,000
4. _Local Civil Charges_
other than Constabulary . . . . . . . . . 2,510,000
5. _Collection of Revenue_:
(1) Imperial Taxes . . . . . . L170,000
(2) Local Taxes . . . . . . . . 60,000
(3) Non-Tax Revenue . . . . . . 604,000
------- 834,000
6. _Balance_ or Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . 404,000
--------
L8,350,000

The Imperial contribution payable by Ireland to Great Britain cannot be
increased for thirty years, though it may be diminished if the charges
for the army and navy and Imperial civil expenditure for any year be
less than fifteen times the contribution paid by Ireland, in which case
1/15th of the diminution will be deducted from the annual Imperial
contribution. Apart from the Imperial charges there are other charges
strictly Irish, for the security of the payment of which the Bill
provides. This it does by imposing an obligation on the Irish
legislative body to enact sufficient taxes to meet such charges, and by
directing them to be paid by the Imperial Receiver-General, who is
required to keep an imperial and an Irish account, carrying the customs
and excise duties, in the first instance, to the imperial account, and
the local taxes to the Irish account, transferring to the Irish account
the surplus remaining after paying the imperial charges on the imperial
account. On this Irish account are charged debts due from the Government
of Ireland, pensions, and other sums du