Item 57/3 - 'Memorandum by Mr. Robert Giffen, C.B., L.L.D., in connexion with the evidence given by him to the [Royal] Commission [on the Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland.]'

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Refers to two tables, which compare wages paid in Ireland with those paid in the United Kingdom. Observes that in general the remuneration of labour is less in Ireland than in Great Britain. Table three relates to 'the relative resources of Ireland and the United Kingdom as a whole.' Based on population statistics, including birth and death rates, concludes that the general conditions in Ireland are inferior to those in Great Britain. Refers to emigration levels in the two countries, and discusses income and income tax at length, and in relation to the various employment sectors. Refers also to the economic theory that 'taxable capacity may be taken as in strict proportion to income, that all members of the community should pay alike in proportion to income'. Cites the economic theory of John Stuart Mill, and his own book The Growth of Capital.