CHAPTER I.--The Grounds and Nature of Public Expenditure. II.--Sources

of 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 Acts. VI.--Incidence of Taxation. VII.--National Debts. VIII.--Some other Revenue Systems. IX.--Local Taxation.

THE RAILWAYS AND THE TRADERS

A SKETCH OF THE RAILWAY RATES QUESTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

By W. M. ACWORTH, M.A. (Oxon.),

And of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

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