...hold did I accede to it. I can hardly " I propose to you that for a time, to 'be limited, the incomes of this country should be called on to contribute...remedying this mighty and growing evil. I propose that the incomes of the country should bear a charge of Id. in the I7., not amounting to quite three per cent.,...

...property, for the purpose of enabling him to balance the two sides of the Imperial ledger, and he proposed that the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding seven pence in the pound, in order that the deficiency in the revenue might be supplied, great commercial...

...a more thorough conviction of its being one which the public interest of the country required)—I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income...purpose of remedying this mighty and growing evil, * * * should bear a charge not exceeding 7d. in the pound, which will not amount to 3 per cent, but,...

...public interest of the country required)—I propose Ma¿, for a time to be limited, the income nfthii country should be called on to contribute a certain...purpose of remedying this mighty and growing evil, should bear a charge not exceeding 7d. in the pound, which •will not amount to 3 per cent, but, speaking...

...propositions of the same eminent statesman in 1842, when he introduced the Income-Tax for the first time. “I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding sevenpence in the pound I propose,for Iseenogroundfor sren¿tion, that...

...consumption and I ventured to utter this prediction—I will quote the very words I then used— said—"I propose that the income of this country should bear a charge not exceec ing ~d. in the pound, which will not amount to 3 per cent., but, speaking accurate! £2 : 18...

...thorough conCHAP.I. viction of its being one which the public in1842. terest of the country required)—I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income...of this country should bear a charge not exceeding jd. in the pound, which will not amount to 3/. per cent., but, speaking accurately, 2/. 18j. 4</. per...

...a more thorough conviction of its being one which the public interests of the country required)—I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income...should be called on to contribute a certain sum for the piu-pose of remedying this mighty and growing evil. I propose that the income of this country should...

...a more thorough conviction of its being one which the public interests of the country required)—I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income...country should bear a charge not exceeding 7d. in the £, for the purpose of not cnly supplying the deficiency in the revenue, but of enabling me with confidence...

...a more thorough conviction of its being one which the public interests of the country required)—I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income...certain sum for the purpose of remedying this mighty agd growing evil. I propose that the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding 7d....