0 THE HISTORY OF LOCAL RATES IN ENGLAND FIVE LECTURES BY EDWIN CANNAN LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY 1896 لا A HISTORY OF THE THEORIES OF PRODUCTION RIVINGTON, PERCIVAL AND CO. 1893. ELEMENTARY POLITICAL ECONOMY. Fourth Thousand. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1888. Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co. At the Ballantyne Press PREFACE THE lectures which are here published in a somewhat amplified form were given for the London School of Economics and Political Science in November and December 1895. The fact that the words "Five Lectures" appear on the title-page will, I hope, protect me from attack on the ground that I have not dealt with the whole subject. To do so in five lectures would be obviously impossible. It was necessary to select a part; and, as is explained in the text, I have selected the part which interests the urban occupier who thinks his landlord ought to pay the rates, the urban landlord who fails to agree with him, and the rural landlord and farmer who are united in believing it unfair that certain kinds of property not possessed by them should escape being rated. The authorities employed are sufficiently indicated in the text and notes. I have to thank Mr. Hewins and Professor Cunningham for directing my attention to several which have been of much use. OXFORD, January 1896. STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE EDITED BY W. A. S. HEWINS, M.A. Arrangements have been made for the publication of a series of books containing the results of researches in economic and political subjects conducted by the teachers of the London School of Economics and Political Science, or under their direction. The following volumes are in preparation :— 1. THE HISTORY OF LOCAL RATES IN ENGLAND. By EDWIN CANNAN, M.A., Balliol College, Oxford. By 2. THE REFERENDUM IN SWITZERLAND. SIMON DEPLOIGE, University of Louvain. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by C. P. TREVELYAN, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. 3. SELECT DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM. ING TRADE. Edited by F. W. GALTON. 1. THE TAILORWith a Preface 4. SELECT DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE STATE REGULATION OF WAGES. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by W. A. S. HEWINS, M.A., Pembroke College, Oxford; Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. 5. HUNGARIAN GILD RECORDS. JULIUS MANDELLO, of Budapest. Edited by Dr. 6. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. By Miss E. A. MACARTHUR, Vice-Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. |