 | Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1871 - 182 страници
...government, describe the present state of matters very forcibly : — " The truth is, that we have " a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse " chaos than all as regards areas. And not only that, but every " different form of collection which it is possible to conceive is applied... | |
 | 1874 - 802 страници
...important branch of it — by the reform of our system of indirect taxation effected by Sir Robert Peel and by the late Prime Minister. There has been a great...back of the rates, the Government have shadowed forth theviewswhich will determine their future policy. The last Parliament resolved, by a great majority,... | |
 | Henry Fawcett - 1874 - 654 страници
...efficiency. It was not long since stated, by the head of the Local Government Department, that " there is a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas of taxation. And not only that, but every different form of collection which it is possible to conceive... | |
 | Robert Dudley Baxter - 1874 - 148 страници
...unsatisfactory condition. It has been officially described by the Minister in whose charge it was placed as " a chaos as regards Authorities, a chaos as regards...Rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards Areas.'' Such a description is the best proof of the necessity for an immediate reform. But public opinion goes... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1874 - 748 страници
...unsatisfactory condition. It has been officially described by the Minister in whose charge it was placed as " a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas." Such a description is the best proof of the necessity for an immediate reform. But public opinion goes... | |
 | 1875 - 832 страници
...the whole of the local constitution of the country, which was officially described by Mr Goschen as " a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas," though they might create sensation they would be hindering the work of reform. To try and sweep away... | |
 | John Noble - 1876 - 188 страници
...admirable description of the existing condition of local administration, which he correctly described as " a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas." The magnitude of the subject was shown in the fact that in England and Wales £16,500,000 was raised... | |
 | 1878 - 958 страници
...extensive powers affecting personal rights. It has been truly said of our rural government that " we have a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas." I am convinced that this chaotic condition results from attempts to unite the legitimate principle... | |
 | Sir R. Arthur Arnold - 1880 - 420 страници
...Goschen, in presenting the Rating and House Tax Bill to Parliament in April, 1871, said that "we have a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas." I am convinced that examination will produce agreement in opinion -that this chaos results from an... | |
 | Herbert LLoyd Reid - 1888 - 208 страници
...the Right Hon. Cf. J. Goschen, April, 1871, on introducing Bill thereon. " The truth is that we have a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards...rates, and a worse chaos than all as regards areas. And not only that, but every different form of collection which it is possible to conceive is applied... | |
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Goschen has employed in another connection: " a chaos as regards authorities, a chaos as regards rates and a worse chaos than all as regards areas. 
