Category: History - British
The movement in favour of resuscitating, if not also of reconstructing, the British canal system, in conjunction with such improvement as may be possible in our natural waterways, is a matter that concerns various interests, and gives rise to a number of more or less complicat...
The movement in favour of resuscitating, if not also of reconstructing, the British canal system, in conjunction with such improvement as may be possible in our natural waterway...
2. CHAPTER IIIt seems to be customary with writers on the subject of canals and waterways to begin with the Egyptians, to detail the achievements of the Chinese, to record the doings of the...
3. CHAPTER IIIIt is not a little curious to find that, whereas the proposed resuscitation of canals is now being actively supported in various quarters as a means of effecting increased compe...
4. CHAPTER IVBoth canals and railways were, in their early days, made according to local conditions, and were intended to serve local purposes. In the case of the former the design and dimen...
5. CHAPTER VWhat is known as the "Birmingham Canal" is really a perfect network of waterways in and around Birmingham and South Staffordshire, representing a total length of about 160 miles...
6. CHAPTER VIOf the various causes which have operated to bring about the comparative decay of the British canal system (for, as already shown, there are sections that still retain a certain...
7. CHAPTER VIIThe larger proportion of the arguments advanced in the Press or in public in favour of a restoration of our own canal system is derived from the statements which are unceasingly...
8. CHAPTER VIIIIn some respects conditions in the United States compare with those of Continental Europe, for they suggest alike powerful streams, artificial canals constructed on (as a rule)...
9. CHAPTER IXI have already spoken in Chapter VII. of some of the chief differences between Continental and English conditions, but I revert to the latter because it is essential that, befor...
10. CHAPTER X(1) That, alike from a geographical, physical, and economic point of view, there is no basis for fair comparison between British and Continental conditions; consequently our own...
11. CHAPTER I.--The Grounds and Nature of Public Expenditure. II.--Sourcesof Imperial Revenue, and Theories of Taxation. III.--Principles of Taxation. IV.--Direct Taxation--Taxes on Property and Income. V.--Indirect Taxation--Taxes on Commodities and...