The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 568
... duties paid on goods sent to the colonies fell on the colonial consumers , but they were generally light . An anomaly of the original system of enumeration was that goods ex- ported from the colonies to England paid import duties ...
... duties paid on goods sent to the colonies fell on the colonial consumers , but they were generally light . An anomaly of the original system of enumeration was that goods ex- ported from the colonies to England paid import duties ...
Page 584
... duties charged on return cargoes of sugar and molasses evidently being considered a sufficient discouragement to such trade . Consequently if the payment of duties could be evaded -as it largely could be - profitable intercourse between ...
... duties charged on return cargoes of sugar and molasses evidently being considered a sufficient discouragement to such trade . Consequently if the payment of duties could be evaded -as it largely could be - profitable intercourse between ...
Page 665
... duties . Such duties , however , must not be intended to raise a revenue . For in that case they would constitute a tax , and Parliament had no power to tax them . The framers of the Tea Act had expressly declared that its purpose was ...
... duties . Such duties , however , must not be intended to raise a revenue . For in that case they would constitute a tax , and Parliament had no power to tax them . The framers of the Tea Act had expressly declared that its purpose was ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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