The illustrated London news . g£ ttfJOWft^^. THE REVENUE. There are customs and associations in this country connectedwith the quarter of the year which terminates on MichaelmasDay which give to it a kind of specialty ; and it so chancesthat this year there are circumstances which render the con-ffideration of the returns of the national revenue more interestingthan usual. More than one fiscal change cornea into operationin the present month which may hereafter cause a strict com-parison with the returns of the present quarter, The results of great financial experiments, which can scarcely eve
The illustrated London news . g£ ttfJOWft^^. THE REVENUE. There are customs and associations in this country connectedwith the quarter of the year which terminates on MichaelmasDay which give to it a kind of specialty ; and it so chancesthat this year there are circumstances which render the con-ffideration of the returns of the national revenue more interestingthan usual. More than one fiscal change cornea into operationin the present month which may hereafter cause a strict com-parison with the returns of the present quarter, The results of great financial experiments, which can scarcely ever be triedagain on so grand a scale as that which has characterised thelast two efforts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, must becomeapparent ere long. At last we have arrived at a state of thingsin this country in which duties are levied for purposes of revenueonly, and prohibition and protection have become entirely obsoleteas facts. In this month the new French tariff comes into action ;and by the end of the nest three months some judg
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