 | Encyclopaedias, William Waterston - Commerce - 1843 - 724 pages
...doubled iii every part of Great Britain since 1700. This is not a random assertion, but, as Thirds many counties of England, can be proved by the testimony of living witit's*i>, while in Scotland the fact is notorious to the whole population." .No means have been hitherto... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 666 pages
...told, by the same author, that, with scarcely any exception, the revenue drawn, in the form of rent, from the ownership of the soil, has been at least...doubled in every part of Great Britain, since 1790. — In late years, the British corn laws have come to be viewed by a large portion of the labouring... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1852 - 858 pages
...amount has augmented. Mr. Porter, however, informs us that " the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil has been at least doubled in every part of England since 1790, and it is more than probable that it has advanced 150 per cent throughout the kingdom."... | |
 | Commerce - 1852 - 788 pages
...amount has augmented. Mr. Porter, however, informs us that " the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil has been at least doubled in every part of England since 1790, and it is more than probable that it has advanced 150 per cent throughout the kingdom."... | |
 | George Drysdale - 1861 - 622 pages
..."the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil, has been at least doubted ia every part of Great Britain since 1790. This is not...testimony of living witnesses, while in Scotland the feet is notorious to the whole population." " The increased rental of real property in England and... | |
 | George Drysdale - Birth control - 1861 - 616 pages
...parliament.' " With scarcely any exception," he says • again,. " the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil, has been at least doubled in every part of Great Britain since 1790. Thi» is not a random assertion, but, as regards many counties of ' England, can be proved by the testimony... | |
 | William Waterston - Commerce - 1863 - 1026 pages
...contrast is exhibited. " With scarcely any exception," says he, " the revenue drawn, in the form of rent, from the ownership of the soil, has been at least...Scotland the fact is notorious to the whole population." No means have been hitherto devised for ascertaining the actual produce of corn in this country. But... | |
 | William Waterston - Commerce - 1863 - 1028 pages
...contrast is exhibited. ** With scarcely any exception," says he, " the revenue drawn, in the form of rent, from the ownership of the soil, has been at least...England, can be proved by the testimony of living witlesses, while in Scotland the fact is notorious to the whole population." No means have been hitherto... | |
 | Cooperative societies - 1869 - 908 pages
...the Nation," also says — •' With scarcely any exception, the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil, has been at least doubled in every part of Great Britain since 17SIO." lu Is.1,:,, the income charged to income tax in the United Kingdom was £2(18,000,000. In 1805,... | |
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This statement moreover, as far as I understand it, refers only to the common lands, which have been enclosed by acts of parliament. " With scarcely any exception," he says again, " the revenue drawn in the form of rent from the ownership of the soil,... 
