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[3] J.R. Green, "Short History," chap. ix. sec. 8.

[4] "Dict. Nat. Biog.," sub.-tit. "Erskine, John, Earl of Mar," p. 430.

[5] "England," says Mr. James Bryce in his Introduction to "Two Centuries of Irish History," "acted as conquering nations do act, and better than some nations of that age."

[6] Wogan to Swift, Feb. 27th, 1732.

[7] Swift, "The Legion Club."

[8] "Life of Macartney," vol. ii, p. 136.

[9] "Tour in Ireland," vol. ii., p. 123 ff.

[10] Hamilton Rowan's "Autobiography," p. 340.

[11] "Wealth of Nations," Book V., Chap. III.

[12] "The End of the Irish Parliament," 1911, Edward Arnold.

[13] "Edmund Burke, a Historical Study," by John Morley, pp. 286 ff.

[14] "Pitt," by Lord Rosebery, p. 155.

[15] From the official returns embodied in "A Statement to the Prime Minister," Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, Dublin, 1886.

[16] "Ireland from the Union to Catholic Emancipation," by D. A. Chart, M.A. A most valuable and instructive work.

[17] 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. £.
1904	54	49	103
1905	55	51	106
1906	57	56	113
1907	61	59	120
1908	59	57	116
1909	63	61	124
1910	65	65	130

[18] "A History of the Commercial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland," by Alice E. Murray, D.Sc.

[19] Sept. 26, 1871.