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cquire the Irish Railways and work them as a single system. (2.) That this Authority be a Railway Board of twenty Directors, four nominated and sixteen elected. (3.) That the general terms of purchase be those prescribed by the Regulation of Railways Act of 1844 (7 and 8 Vic. cap. 85. sec. 2), with supplementary provisions as to redemption of guarantees, and purchase of non-dividend paying or non-profit earning lines. (4.) That the financial medium be a Railway Stock; and that such stock be charged upon (1) the Consolidated Fund; (2) the net revenues of the unified Railway system; (3) an annual grant from the Imperial Exchequer; and (4) a general rate, to be struck by the Irish Railway Authority if and when required. APPENDIX K (1.) HOME RULE PARLIAMENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE Canada 10 Australia 7 South Africa 5 Newfoundland 1 New Zealand 1 -- Total 24 -- Besides these Autonomous Parliaments-- (1.) India has also now seven "Legislative Councils," partly elective. (2.) The Isle of Man has "House of Keys," with almost complete legislative power. (3.) The Channel Islands have their own semi-independent governing Assemblies. (4.) The Crown Colonies have Assemblies possessing a considerable local representative element. WYMAN & SONS, LTD., Printers, Fetter Lane, London, E.C.; and Reading. * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Typographical errors corrected in text: | | | | Page 146: etablished replaced with established | | Page 176: intituled replaced with intitled | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Home Rule, by Harold Spender *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOME RULE *** ***** This file should be named 20016.txt or 20016.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/0/1/20016/
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