Chapter 7

HOME RULE FINANCE 125

APPENDICES.

A. The Home Rule Bill of 1912 143 B. The Shrinkage of Ireland 160 C. The Act of Union 163 D. The Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893 167 E. The Irish Board of Agriculture 184 F. The Reduction in Irish Pauperism 186 G. The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881 187 H. The Congested Districts Board 188 J. Irish Canals and Railways 190 K. Home Rule Parliaments in the British Empire 191

THE HOME RULE CASE

THE CASE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE

i.--THE SEA. ii.--THE RACE. iii.--THE CREED.

"Ireland hears the ocean protesting against Separation, but she hears the sea likewise protesting against Union. She follows her physical destination and obeys the dispensations of Providence."

GRATTAN (First speech against the Union 15th January, 1800).