This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... House authorise any means of raising revenue. The Government or any two private members can move for the appointment of a Select Committee on any subject. Select Committees take evidence upon oath or affirmation, and have very large powers; but the House is in no way bound to act upon their reports. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... House authorise any means of raising revenue. The Government or any two private members can move for the appointment of a Select Committee on any subject. Select Committees take evidence upon oath or affirmation, and have very large powers; but the House is in no way bound to act upon their reports. The Ch1ltern Hundreds.--The only way in which a seat can be voluntarily vacated is by accepting office from the Crown as " Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds," which is given to any member who applies, and hence he is released from his obligation to serve in Parliament. ELECTION STATISTICS. Constituencies in England and Wales having less than 1,000 Electors, and giving number of Votes recorded. The following seats were won by majorities of less than 50 votes: England And Wales. Andover Buckingham Cheltenham Evesham.... Huntingdonshire Isle of Wight. Knaresborough. Norfolk, South. Oxford.... Plymouth... Rye Shaftesbury.... St. Ives 41 Wallingford 8 Wareham 21 Warwickshire, South 9 Worcester 21 Scotland. 13 Buteshire 26 Peebles and Selkirk.. 1 Roxburghshire 10 Wigton District 4 Ireland. 8 Tyrone 34 Wicklow Jevone (W. S.). Investigations in Currency and Finance. Illustrated by 20 Diagrams. Edited, with an Introduction, by H. S. FoxwelL 8vo. pp. 436, 21s. Simpkin and Marshall. Kandahar: The Indian Empire and the Turcomans. Price 6d. Latham's Russian and Turk. 8vo. 18s. W. H. Allen and Co. Landlords and the National Income. A Chart. Showing the Proportion borne by the Rental of the Landlords to the Gross Income of the People. Prepared from the New Domesday Book and other Official Returns, by W. H. Mallock. 1s. W. H. Allen and Co. Leasehold Enfranchisement, 1d. By H. Broadhurst, M. P. Leasehold Enfranchisement Association, Covent Garden, London....
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