lo THE IRISH AGRARIAN PROBLEM. 



Scotland or England. The cost for the ad- 

 ministration of justice, for police, and for in- 

 ternal administration was found in 1895 to 

 amount to : — 



In England and Wales, with 30,000,000 



inhabitants ... ... ... _;^i, 400,000 



In Scotland, with 4,100,000 inhabitants 219,000 

 In Ireland, with 4,600,000 inhabitants 2,025,000^ 



The administration of Ireland lies to a large 

 extent in the hands of the Royal Irish Con- 

 stabulary, an excellently organized little army, 

 subject to the central Government. The 

 numbers of the Royal Irish Constabulary from 

 1876 to 1895 averaged about 12,000 men; the 

 yearly expenses were ;^i, 400,000.^ The strength 

 and organization of this constabulary and also 

 the costliness of the Irish Government prove 

 that to English administration in Ireland, 

 the feeling of perfect security is unknown. It 

 rules through the police, and in point of fact 

 only makes itself noticeable in other respects by 

 travelling inspectors from the different depart- 

 ments. A number of institutions of traditionally 

 English type pursue their functions not very 

 brilliantly. The judge, whose impartiality in 

 England is raised above every doubt, is in 

 Ireland nominated, as a rule, from the political 

 adherents of the Government, and seldom 



' Financial Relations Commission I., p. 413. The police 

 of course are an Imperial charge in Ireland, not in Great 

 Britain. 



"^ Financial Relations Commission II., p. 237. 



