Taxation, Revenue, Expenditure, Power, Statistics, and Debt of the Whole British Empire: Their Origin, Progress, and Present State. With an Estimate of the Capital and Resources of the Empire, and a Practical Plan for Applying Them to the Liquidation of the National Dept. The Whole Founded On, and Illustrated By, Official Tables, and Authentic Documents |
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... exports : high duties were also levied on legacies , houses , slaves , hearths , and different animals ; human bodies , even , could not be in- terred , without paying a heavy duty . The financial ministers of these barbarous robbers ...
... exports : high duties were also levied on legacies , houses , slaves , hearths , and different animals ; human bodies , even , could not be in- terred , without paying a heavy duty . The financial ministers of these barbarous robbers ...
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... exported . It is from this reign that we may date the revival of Eng- lish power in Ireland ; which , since the time of the Scotch war , had declined into a miserable and preca- rious state of weakness . However we do not find that the ...
... exported . It is from this reign that we may date the revival of Eng- lish power in Ireland ; which , since the time of the Scotch war , had declined into a miserable and preca- rious state of weakness . However we do not find that the ...
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... exports . The re- ceipts of customs amounted to 190,000l . at the end of this reign , ( see Table VI . Part I. ) ; and the total re- venue may be computed at the annual sum of 600,000 % . . Let us see how James expended a great portion ...
... exports . The re- ceipts of customs amounted to 190,000l . at the end of this reign , ( see Table VI . Part I. ) ; and the total re- venue may be computed at the annual sum of 600,000 % . . Let us see how James expended a great portion ...
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... exports amounted to six millions , according to Munn and the inspector Davenant . The customs , consequently , became one of the most productive branches of the revenue , yielding 400,000l . a year : the excise was calculated at 300,000 ...
... exports amounted to six millions , according to Munn and the inspector Davenant . The customs , consequently , became one of the most productive branches of the revenue , yielding 400,000l . a year : the excise was calculated at 300,000 ...
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... export- ation of woollen manufactures , which was repealed , be- cause ( as the act recites ) " the wealth and prosperity of the kingdom depend on the improvement of its woollen manufactures , and the profitable trade carried on by the ...
... export- ation of woollen manufactures , which was repealed , be- cause ( as the act recites ) " the wealth and prosperity of the kingdom depend on the improvement of its woollen manufactures , and the profitable trade carried on by the ...
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