Note 17 — II HISTORICAL RETROSPECT
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It is, I hope, no reflection on the memory of an eminent public servant to suggest that in this, as in too many of the estimated figures contained in his evidence before the Commission, and upon which the Majority Report of the Commission was largely based, Sir Robert seriously under-estimated the resources of Ireland. It is obvious when the ascertained figures of 1910 are compared with the estimated figures of 1895 that Sir Robert Giffen must have been several millions below the truth. The steady nature of the growth of Irish commerce is shown by the following figures taken from the Official Report for the year ended December 31, 1910.
Imports,Exports,Total,
Mill. £.Mill. £.Mill. £.
19045449103
19055551106
19065756113
19076159120
19085957116
19096361124
19106565130