Parliamentary Papers, Volume 22H.M. Stationery Office, 1853 |
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Page iv
... system so directly calculated to render easy the acquirement of arithmetic . A further evidence of the value of a Decimal system is to be found in the fact of its very general adoption in the different countries of the world , not only ...
... system so directly calculated to render easy the acquirement of arithmetic . A further evidence of the value of a Decimal system is to be found in the fact of its very general adoption in the different countries of the world , not only ...
Page v
... system of pounds , shillings , and pence has been entirely superseded by the Decimal system of dollars and cents , and no inconvenience appears to have attended the change . The principal difficulty with which Your Committee have now to ...
... system of pounds , shillings , and pence has been entirely superseded by the Decimal system of dollars and cents , and no inconvenience appears to have attended the change . The principal difficulty with which Your Committee have now to ...
Page vi
... Decimal system , and that received under the present system , could be adjusted at the monthly clearance , which takes place even at present , for the purpose of settling any small balance . The cases in which the payment of the penny ...
... Decimal system , and that received under the present system , could be adjusted at the monthly clearance , which takes place even at present , for the purpose of settling any small balance . The cases in which the payment of the penny ...
Page vii
... Decimal system shall be 4 or 5 mils . The new penny receipt stamp is subject to the same observations . Your Com- mittee would only observe , with reference to it , that they have no experience to guide them as to the probable receipts ...
... Decimal system shall be 4 or 5 mils . The new penny receipt stamp is subject to the same observations . Your Com- mittee would only observe , with reference to it , that they have no experience to guide them as to the probable receipts ...
Page viii
... Decimal as well as the ordinary form . Supposing the Decimal system to be introduced into this country , the question of its introduction into the British Colonies naturally presents itself . That no indisposition is felt on the part of ...
... Decimal as well as the ordinary form . Supposing the Decimal system to be introduced into this country , the question of its introduction into the British Colonies naturally presents itself . That no indisposition is felt on the part of ...
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1.-AMOUNT of Supply 20 miles Act of Parliament amount applied area of taxation bankrupt bankruptcy Bridge Approaches Fund Brougham and Vaux Chairman chaldron Chamberlain charged Cinders city of London classes of certificates clause coal duties Coal Market coal tax coals brought coin coinage Commissioners Committee Corporation of London Counties Court creditors Culm Decimal system Dickinson ditto 79 ditto 80 Ditto Ditto drawback duty on coals Eastern Counties Railway Eden Main first-class certificate Garesfield Graigola Grand Junction Canal granted Hartlepool Hartley Steam Hertford Hetton improvements inland coal J. R. Scott levied London Bridge Approaches London district Lord Brougham Lord Overstone Main mils NEWCASTLE WALLSEND opinion Orphans paid parties Pelaw Pontop port of London pound Primrose QUALITY quantity received reference sea-borne coal SHIPS South Stewart's Sunderland SUNDERLAND WALLSEND Tanfield Moor Tees third-class certificate TONS town of Hertford trade unscreened Vict Wallsend West Hartley دو
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Page vii - Improvement ; and who were empowered to report their Observations, together with the MINUTES OF EVIDENCE taken before them, to the House...
Page 101 - An Act for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buchinghamshire, and Berkshire.
Page 42 - The Act is in the form of a petition of the earl to the king, stating that the title, name, and dignity of Earl of Arundel...
Page 40 - An A,ct to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to raise money for certain improvements in the metropolis on the security of the land revenues of the crown within the county of Middlesex and city of London.
Page 21 - ... certificate ; and the court, having regard to the conformity of the bankrupt to the law of bankruptcy, and to his conduct as a trader before as well as after his bankruptcy, and whether the allowance of such certificate be opposed by any creditor or not, shall judge of any objection against allowing such certificate, and either find the bankrupt entitled thereto, and allow the same, or refuse...
Page 26 - Act, the Lord Mayor of the said City of London, and the said Mayor and commonalty and citizens, shall not exercise any right of measuring or weighing coals or any other rights with respect to coals to which he or they is, are, or may be entitled, by prescription, or by the said...
Page ix - Considering that the pound is the present standard, and therefore associated with all our ideas of money value, and that it is the basis on which all our exchange transactions with the whole world rest, it appears to Your Committee that any alteration of it would lead to infinite complication and embarrassment in our commercial dealings ; in addition to which it fortunately happens, that its retention would afford the means of introducing the Decimal system with the minimum of change.
Page 40 - One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two the Acts for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in London and Westminster, and in certain Parts of the adjacent Counties ; and to alter and •amend the said Acts.
Page vii - House, examined' the Matter to them referred; and have agreed to the following REPORT. YOUR committee have thought it their duty, "in the first place, to inquire into the situation of the West India planters...
Page 40 - An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for varying the Priorities of the Charges made on " The London Bridge Approaches Fund," and to facilitate the Completion of certain Improvements in the City of Westminster.