Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1901-1910; Land tenure -- Ireland
(2) In the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Dublin, one member shall
be returned by each of the existing parliamentary divisions of those
boroughs, and the law relating to the divisions of boroughs shall apply
accordingly.
(3) The county of Cork shall be divided into two divisions, consisting of
the East Riding and the West Riding, and three members shall be elected by
the East Riding, and two members shall be elected by the West Riding; and
the law relating to divisions of counties shall apply to these divisions.
THIRD SCHEDULE: FINANCE-IMPERIAL LIABILITIES, EXPENDITURE, AND
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE.
_Liabilities._
For the purposes of this Act, 'Imperial liabilities' consist of:--
(1) The funded and unfunded debt of the United Kingdom, inclusive of
terminable annuities paid out of the permanent annual charge for the
National Debt, and inclusive of the cost of the management of the said
funded and unfunded debt, but exclusive of the Local Loans Stock and
Guaranteed Land Stock, and the cost of the management thereof; and
(2) All other charges on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom for
the repayment of borrowed money, or to fulfil a guarantee.
_Expenditure._
For the purpose of this Act Imperial expenditure consists of expenditure
for the following services:--
1. Naval and military expenditure (including Greenwich Hospital).
2. 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_) Buildings, 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.
FOURTH SCHEDULE: PROVISIONS AS TO POST OFFICE.
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