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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... history of our Metropolitan Water and Gas Compa- nies had already afforded an instructive lesson on this point ; and Mr. Hudson , at a much later period , ( 1844 , ) in his evi- dence before a Committee of the House , distinctly ...
... history of our Metropolitan Water and Gas Compa- nies had already afforded an instructive lesson on this point ; and Mr. Hudson , at a much later period , ( 1844 , ) in his evi- dence before a Committee of the House , distinctly ...
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... history of the legislation of this or any other country to this gigantic abuse . Hence the Companies ' Clauses Consolidation Act , ( the 8 Victoria , ) by the sanction which it was understood to give to the creation of fresh shares to ...
... history of the legislation of this or any other country to this gigantic abuse . Hence the Companies ' Clauses Consolidation Act , ( the 8 Victoria , ) by the sanction which it was understood to give to the creation of fresh shares to ...
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... history of no country , has there been such a bare- faced sacrifice of the public interests for the benefit of private associations , who , without any efficient restraint or restriction , have been suffered to monopolize , and for ...
... history of no country , has there been such a bare- faced sacrifice of the public interests for the benefit of private associations , who , without any efficient restraint or restriction , have been suffered to monopolize , and for ...
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... history of the London water companies shows , also , how important it is that some such power as I am contending for , should be retained in the hands of the Legislature , when creating associations to which the ordinary principles of ...
... history of the London water companies shows , also , how important it is that some such power as I am contending for , should be retained in the hands of the Legislature , when creating associations to which the ordinary principles of ...
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... history of our Metropolitan water companies is most instructive on this point . After a fierce contention among them- selves , they came to an agreement by which they parcelled the town into districts ; and having assigned one to each ...
... history of our Metropolitan water companies is most instructive on this point . After a fierce contention among them- selves , they came to an agreement by which they parcelled the town into districts ; and having assigned one to each ...
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