THE TRUTH RESPECTING OUR FINANCES. / THE NATIONAL BALANCE-SHEET 1852--1868. Being an Accurate Account of Public Expenditure Since the Conservatives Acceded to Power, Under Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli, in1852, to the Present Time. Taken from the Statistical Returns Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Second Thousand
by Townsend, George H
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London: William Macintosh, 24, Paternoster-Row, 1868.. 1868.. Very good. - Octavo, printed self-wraps, disbound, removed. 20 pages. Illustrated with tables. The page edges are slightly darkened. There is some staining to the title page with a tiny stain to the bottom edge of the last page. There is a small, light stain to page 2 & another to page 3. Very good. <p>The author contends that during the period 1852-1868, the expenditures of the Liberal administrations [under Lord Palmerston with Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer], exceeded those of Conservative administrations, even allowing for the expenses of the Crimean War.<p>Scarce. No copies are located by COPAC.
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- THE TRUTH RESPECTING OUR FINANCES. / THE NATIONAL BALANCE-SHEET 1852--1868. Being an Accurate Account of Public Expenditure Since the Conservatives Acceded to Power, Under Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli, in1852, to the Present Time. Taken from the Statistical Returns Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Second Thousand
- Author
- Townsend, George H
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: William Macintosh, 24, Paternoster-Row, 1868.
- Date Published
- 1868.
- Keywords
- ECONOMICS; HISTORY; POLITICS; GREAT BRITAIN; PUBLIC FINANCE; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE; STATISTICAL RETURNS; LIBERAL PARTY; LORD PALMERSTON; CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER; W. E. GLADSTONE; CONSERVATIVE PARTY; LORD DERBY; DISRAELI; GEORGE H. TOWNSEND; THE TRUTH
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