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Salt-tax In India.

In a bill providing for "the Government of India," which was con- sidered by the House of - Commons in the session. of 1853, a clause was inserted on the motion of Sir John......

Poor-law Expenditure:

The Report of the Poor-law Board for 1855 shows an increase of pau- perism and an augmentation of expenditure, to be ascribed to the high prices of food and the severity of the......

Railways.

iiecent Patiiameutary returns, and some statistics compiled by Mr. J. S. Yeats, of Warnford Court, furnish the means for throwing together some interesting facts regarding th.e......

Finances .of India.

I Parliamentary paper, moved for by Mr. Seymour, gives a very elaborate account of the revenues and expenditure of British India for the year ended the 30th April 1864. Some......