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... report on the National Debt and the incidence of existing taxation , with special reference to their effect on trade , industry , employment , and national credit " . In India , too , a similar inquiry has been set on foot : 66 ( 1 ) To ...
... report on the National Debt and the incidence of existing taxation , with special reference to their effect on trade , industry , employment , and national credit " . In India , too , a similar inquiry has been set on foot : 66 ( 1 ) To ...
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... Report of the Select Committee on the Increase of War Wealth , 1920 ; the Report on Public Finance of the International Financial Conference ( Brussels ) , 1920 ; the Report of the Royal Commission in Aus- tralia , 1921 ( 5 vols ...
... Report of the Select Committee on the Increase of War Wealth , 1920 ; the Report on Public Finance of the International Financial Conference ( Brussels ) , 1920 ; the Report of the Royal Commission in Aus- tralia , 1921 ( 5 vols ...
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... Report of Committee on National Expenditure , Cmd . 1581- 1922 ( London , H.M. Stationery Office ) . Second Interim Report of Committee on National Expenditure , Cmd . 1582-1922 ( London , H.M. Stationery Office ) . Third Report of ...
... Report of Committee on National Expenditure , Cmd . 1581- 1922 ( London , H.M. Stationery Office ) . Second Interim Report of Committee on National Expenditure , Cmd . 1582-1922 ( London , H.M. Stationery Office ) . Third Report of ...
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... Report may be seen in the recommenda- tions relating to statistics and prison labour . " We have made inquiries as ... Report similarly gives striking examples where economy is possible , notably in the avoidance 1 Third Report ( Cmd ...
... Report may be seen in the recommenda- tions relating to statistics and prison labour . " We have made inquiries as ... Report similarly gives striking examples where economy is possible , notably in the avoidance 1 Third Report ( Cmd ...
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... 35 crores were railway stores and Rs.21 crores army stores . 7 Third Report ( Cmd . 1589 ) , p . 42 . 8 Report , p . 70 . real necessity for these particular officers , and that any Cн . шII CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 31 99.
... 35 crores were railway stores and Rs.21 crores army stores . 7 Third Report ( Cmd . 1589 ) , p . 42 . 8 Report , p . 70 . real necessity for these particular officers , and that any Cн . шII CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 31 99.
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Page 123 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 124 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Page 124 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 600 - The Comptroller General shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds...
Page 36 - Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice...
Page 570 - Indian peoples, must be judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Page 117 - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs.
Page 587 - That the right of granting aids and supplies to the Crown is in the Commons alone, as an essential part of their constitution, and the limitation of all such grants as to matter, manner, measure, and time is only in them.
Page 231 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 355 - ... of the like kind and quality are sold, or are capable of being sold, at the time and place of importation or exportation, as the case may be, without any abatement or deduction whatever, except (in the case of goods imported) of the amount of the duties payable on the importation thereof : or...