The Influence of English Railway Legislation of [!] Trade and Industry: With an Appendix of Tracts and DocumentsLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848 - 187 pages |
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... French Government had adopted various regulations similar to those urged by me , such as the fixing of fares and charges , the principle of periodical revision , and the audit of accounts , in their Railway legislation , which have been ...
... French Government had adopted various regulations similar to those urged by me , such as the fixing of fares and charges , the principle of periodical revision , and the audit of accounts , in their Railway legislation , which have been ...
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... French and English Lines , and the circumstances of the two countries , alluded to the then recent failure of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade to effect a beneficial change in our Railway system ; and by way of illustrating ...
... French and English Lines , and the circumstances of the two countries , alluded to the then recent failure of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade to effect a beneficial change in our Railway system ; and by way of illustrating ...
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... French and some of the other English Lines , which pay much less for their coke , than the Lines of the south of England . The details of the expenses of constructing and working nearly all the English and Scotch Lines , are to be found ...
... French and some of the other English Lines , which pay much less for their coke , than the Lines of the south of England . The details of the expenses of constructing and working nearly all the English and Scotch Lines , are to be found ...
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... French Government rejected the application of the Paris and Rouen Railway to be allowed to raise money by the issue of new shares to the proprietors at par , on the ground that the rights of the future pro- prietors would be compromised ...
... French Government rejected the application of the Paris and Rouen Railway to be allowed to raise money by the issue of new shares to the proprietors at par , on the ground that the rights of the future pro- prietors would be compromised ...
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... French Government , as we have seen , * refused to allow existing proprietors to issue shares at par when at a pre- mium in the market , precisely because the interests of future proprietors would thereby be injured . To understand the ...
... French Government , as we have seen , * refused to allow existing proprietors to issue shares at par when at a pre- mium in the market , precisely because the interests of future proprietors would thereby be injured . To understand the ...
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