Systems of Land Tenure in Various Countries: A Series of Essays Published Under the Sanction of the Cobden ClubMacmillan, 1870 - 431 pages |
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... purchasing power was diminished . This increased the desire of the tenantry to obtain leases , while it made the landlords less disposed to grant long leases In 1816 , and the three following years , land fell again in value ; and the ...
... purchasing power was diminished . This increased the desire of the tenantry to obtain leases , while it made the landlords less disposed to grant long leases In 1816 , and the three following years , land fell again in value ; and the ...
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... purchase of foreign goods . The greater part of his income is employed either in paying for services , or in the purchase of goods produced in the immediate nighbourhood . It makes a great difference to the producer whether his market ...
... purchase of foreign goods . The greater part of his income is employed either in paying for services , or in the purchase of goods produced in the immediate nighbourhood . It makes a great difference to the producer whether his market ...
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... purchased by the sale of Irish commodities . We are not to consider merely the effects of ab- senteeism in the abstract , but its effects upon a poor ignorant country such as Ireland was . It can hardly be doubted that the whole social ...
... purchased by the sale of Irish commodities . We are not to consider merely the effects of ab- senteeism in the abstract , but its effects upon a poor ignorant country such as Ireland was . It can hardly be doubted that the whole social ...
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... purchased by men who reside in Ireland ; and in many other cases where the estates remained in the same families , the present representatives reside in Ireland for a considerable portion of the year . It may be answered that , although ...
... purchased by men who reside in Ireland ; and in many other cases where the estates remained in the same families , the present representatives reside in Ireland for a considerable portion of the year . It may be answered that , although ...
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... purchase it . The principal laws that prevent that frequent transfer of land which would put an end to absenteeism , are the law of primogeniture , the heavy stamp duties on C conveyance , the law which permits property to be settled ...
... purchase it . The principal laws that prevent that frequent transfer of land which would put an end to absenteeism , are the law of primogeniture , the heavy stamp duties on C conveyance , the law which permits property to be settled ...
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Page 416 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory dying intestate shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants then in equal parts to the next of kin in equal degree...
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