11 If the amount of local taxation (including sums borrowed in the year and all sources of receipts) in the two countries, in proportion to the population, be compared, we obtain the following results :— Estimated local taxation of Ireland, .
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.
.
.
, .
£2 565,083 Similar local taxation of England and Wales, ......
17,003,054 Amount of local taxation on a portion of the population of England and Wales equal to that of Ireland, .........
4,632,382 Amount by which the local taxation of Ireland is less than the local taxation on an equal
portion of the population of England and Wales, .
...
2,067,299 It appears from the above that the local taxation of Ireland is £2,067,299 less than it would be if the scale of local taxation per head of population was the same as in England and Wales.
It appears also that the rate of local taxation levied in Ireland in 1865 may be estimated at 9s.
Id.
per head, whilst the rate of local taxation in England and Wales in the same year may be estimated at 16s.
9d.
per head.
I have the honour to be
Your Lordship's faithful servant,
W.
Neilson Hancock.
The Right Hon.
the Earl of Mayo, m.p.,
Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
