A Leap in the Dark: A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the; Bill of 1893Dicey, A. V. (Albert Venn)
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A Leap in the Dark: A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the; Bill of 1893
Dicey, A. V. (Albert Venn)
Home rule -- Ireland
For the purpose of this Act Imperial expenditure consists of
expenditure for the following services:--
I. Naval and military expenditure (including Greenwich Hospital).
II. Civil expenditure, that is to say--
(_a_) Civil list and Royal family.
(_b_) Salaries, pensions, allowances, and incidental expenses of--
(i) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland;
(ii) Exchequer judges in Ireland.
(_c_) Building, works, salaries, pensions, printing, stationery,
allowances, and incidental expenses of--
(i) Parliament;
(ii) National Debt Commissioners;
(iii) Foreign Office and diplomatic and consular service,
including secret service, special services, and telegraph
subsidies;
(iv) Colonial Office, including special services and telegraph
subsidies;
(v) Privy Council;
(vi) Board of Trade, including the Mercantile Marine Fund, Patent
Office, Railway Commission, and Wreck Commission, but
excluding Bankruptcy; (vii) Mint; (viii) Meteorological Society;
(ix) Slave trade service.
(_d_) Foreign mails and telegraphic communication with places
outside the United Kingdom.
_Revenue_
For the purposes of this Act the public revenue to a portion
of which Ireland may claim to be entitled consists of revenue
from the following sources:--
1. Suez Canal shares or payments on account thereof.
2. Loans and advances to foreign countries.
3. Annual payments by British possessions.
4. Fees, stamps, and extra receipts received by departments, the
expenses of which are part of the Imperial expenditure.
5. Small branches of the hereditary revenues of the Crown.
6. Foreshores.
[The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Schedules are for the
saving of space omitted.]
FOOTNOTES:
[138] The Bill is printed as it was originally presented to the House of
Commons.
INDEX
_American Commonwealth_, by Rt. Hon. James Bryce, 37 _n_
_American History, Critical Period of_, by Fiske, 103
Andrews, Mr. Justice, a Unitarian, 71 _n_
Appeals under Irish Government Act, 209
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H.H., on the policy of Home Rule, 26, 74 _n_
Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur, on Ireland, 71
Beaumont, Gustave de, 142
Bright, John, on Free Trade, 134
Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, 26, _American Commonwealth_, 37, 169
Burke, Edmund, _Reflections on the Revolution in France_, 134
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