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... estimate of the condition of our national finances . The elasticity of our industries , the stability of our political institutions , the character of our diplomatic relations , and the moral and physical strength of the Empire are all ...
... estimate of the condition of our national finances . The elasticity of our industries , the stability of our political institutions , the character of our diplomatic relations , and the moral and physical strength of the Empire are all ...
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... estimate of the finances of any то country ' it is necessary fully to appreciate its strength and resources . Burdens oppressive beyond measure to one nation may be most easily borne by another . What may have proved a great barrier to ...
... estimate of the finances of any то country ' it is necessary fully to appreciate its strength and resources . Burdens oppressive beyond measure to one nation may be most easily borne by another . What may have proved a great barrier to ...
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... estimate the value of the millions of acres of land under cultivation , or dedicated to pasture ; of those wonderful strata of the earth which so abound in minerals the most useful and valuable ; of those rich manufactures , and those ...
... estimate the value of the millions of acres of land under cultivation , or dedicated to pasture ; of those wonderful strata of the earth which so abound in minerals the most useful and valuable ; of those rich manufactures , and those ...
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... Crews . 20,868 3,675,181 168,603 3,543 652,675 32,862 2.247 260,037 14,209 26,658 4,587,893 215,754 883 69,845 5,479 10,210 951,885 67,112 37,751 5,609,623 288,345 tangible estimate of this immense wealth ? In the year BRITISH WEALTH . 5.
... Crews . 20,868 3,675,181 168,603 3,543 652,675 32,862 2.247 260,037 14,209 26,658 4,587,893 215,754 883 69,845 5,479 10,210 951,885 67,112 37,751 5,609,623 288,345 tangible estimate of this immense wealth ? In the year BRITISH WEALTH . 5.
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... estimated the total wealth of the kingdom at 600,000,000l . , which , with a population of 8,000,000 , gave 75l . per head . In the year 1800 Dr. Becke and Sir William Pul- teney estimated it at 1,800,000,000l . , or 1127. per head . In ...
... estimated the total wealth of the kingdom at 600,000,000l . , which , with a population of 8,000,000 , gave 75l . per head . In the year 1800 Dr. Becke and Sir William Pul- teney estimated it at 1,800,000,000l . , or 1127. per head . In ...
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Page 28 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 178 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 244 - King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — GRANTS OUT OF CONSOLIDATED FUND 1.
Page 238 - No scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom, unless by the general council of our kingdom ; except for ransoming our person, making our eldest son a knight, and once for marrying our eldest daughter; and for these there shall be paid a reasonable aid.
Page 89 - It is true I cannot prevent the introduction of the flowing poison ; gain-seeking and corrupt men will for profit and sensuality, defeat my wishes ; but nothing will induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and misery of my people.
Page 131 - Taxes upon the sale of land fall altogether upon the seller. The seller is almost always under the necessity of selling, and must, therefore, take such a price as he can get. The buyer is scarce ever under the necessity of buying, and will, therefore, only give such a price as he likes. He considers what the land will cost him in tax and price together. The more he is obliged to pay in the way 01 tax, the less he will be disposed to give in the way of price.
Page 41 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State.
Page 239 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 132 - For the general prosperity, there cannot be too much facility given to the conveyance and exchange of all kinds of property, as it is by such means that capital of every species is likely to find its way into the hands of those, who will best employ it in increasing the productions of the country. " Why,
Page 222 - The expenses of a war,' said Mr. Gladstone, ' are the moral check which it has pleased the Almighty to impose upon the ambition and the lust of conquest that are inherent in so many nations.