As a matter of fact, in the same period that Ireland is said to have contributed L330,000,000, Great Britain may be shown by a precisely similar calculation to have contributed no less than L5,800,000,000 for Imperial purposes. The measure of "injustice to Ireland" meted out by unsympathetic Britons in respect to the Imperial contribution extracted from Ireland may be seen from the following comparison for different dates in the last century. RATIOS OF POPULATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPERIAL SERVICES OF IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN AT DECENNIAL INTERVALS. Ratio of British to Ratio of British to Irish Populations. Irish Contributions. 1819-20 2.1 12.7 1829-30 2.1 10.9 1839-40 2.3 11.5 1849-50 3.2 17.6 1859-60 4.0 9.8 1869-70 4.8 12.3 1879-80 5.7 16.3 1889-90 7.0 22.6 1899-00 8.9 46.5 1909-10 9.3 [52] The truth is that from a financial point of view Ireland has no valid complaint to make on the score of her contributions for Imperial purposes. Between 1820 and 1840 the Irish population was a little less than one-half of the population of Great Britain; her contribution for Imperial Services varied from one-eleventh to one-thirteenth. In 1899-1900 the British contribution was 46-1/2 times the Irish, though the population was less than nine times as large. If any contribution for Imperial Services from Ireland is justified, and Mr. Gladstone at least acknowledged it, no one can say that the contribution actually taken from Ireland has been excessive.