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Page 3
... increased from 20 to 30 per cent . within the last twenty years ; why not reduce them to their former amount ? The Board of Excise has offered to collect the customs at an expense of 5 instead of 13 per cent . which they now cost , and ...
... increased from 20 to 30 per cent . within the last twenty years ; why not reduce them to their former amount ? The Board of Excise has offered to collect the customs at an expense of 5 instead of 13 per cent . which they now cost , and ...
Page 32
... increase his annuity £ 6000 per annum ; a provision , however , of £ 6000 a year was made for the duchess , on the decease of his royal high- ness . Harriet , Eliza Margaret , July 1 , 1794 .... --- Albenia . lady Albenia ( s.m ) 100 0 ...
... increase his annuity £ 6000 per annum ; a provision , however , of £ 6000 a year was made for the duchess , on the decease of his royal high- ness . Harriet , Eliza Margaret , July 1 , 1794 .... --- Albenia . lady Albenia ( s.m ) 100 0 ...
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... increased £ 6000 ; and ministers would have augmented his income to £ 40,000 , but that was found rather too much even for the country gentle- men . The duke seems as little endowed with economy and prudence as his royal brothers ; for ...
... increased £ 6000 ; and ministers would have augmented his income to £ 40,000 , but that was found rather too much even for the country gentle- men . The duke seems as little endowed with economy and prudence as his royal brothers ; for ...
Page 98
... increase , in a few years , in the annual expenditure , namely , from £ 18,000 to £ 24,000 per annum , being one- fourth of the total expense . The cost of each of the different establishments was , according to the return in 1814 ...
... increase , in a few years , in the annual expenditure , namely , from £ 18,000 to £ 24,000 per annum , being one- fourth of the total expense . The cost of each of the different establishments was , according to the return in 1814 ...
Page 99
... increasing , while the abi- lity of the people to support it has been gradually decreasing . PATRONAGE . — The act of 1792 made a very considerable addition to the patronage of the crown . The appointment to nearly all offices in the ...
... increasing , while the abi- lity of the people to support it has been gradually decreasing . PATRONAGE . — The act of 1792 made a very considerable addition to the patronage of the crown . The appointment to nearly all offices in the ...
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