Note 5 — IRELAND—ITS CONDITION—THE LIFE AND PROPERTY BILL—THE DEBATE, AND THE FAMINE.
Reading edition
Assessed taxes,£4,204,855
Income tax,5,158,470
Malt tax,4,998,130
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£14,361,455
This is the net amount of those taxes. The gross amount which is levied off the people will be about fifteen millions and a half, or nearly one third of the total amount of the income of the country, towards which Ireland does not contribute a single shilling.