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 189
... duties of neutrals which it involves was non - existent . The belligerents had but little concern or theoretical respect for third parties , their rights and obligations , and the latter had no modern sense of their duties and rights in ...
... duties of neutrals which it involves was non - existent . The belligerents had but little concern or theoretical respect for third parties , their rights and obligations , and the latter had no modern sense of their duties and rights in ...
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 ...
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