The Annual Register, Volume 151Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1910 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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agricultural amendment ANNUAL REGISTER appointed April Army Asquith attack Austen Chamberlain Austria-Hungary Balfour Britain British Budget capital cent Chamber Chancellor charge clause Colonial Committee concessions Congo Constitution cost Council death duties debate December declared defence Dreadnoughts Earl election estimated Exchequer exemption expenditure favour Finance Bill foreign German Government grant House of Lords Imperial income tax increase increment Indian Ireland Irish July June Labour Liberal licence London Lord Charles Beresford Lord Rosebery March ment military Ministry moved native naval Navy November October officers Opposition Parliament party passed pensions political President Prime Minister programme proposed protest question railway regarded rejected reply Report resolution revenue Riksdag Russia second reading Secretary ships Signor Sir Charles Dilke Sir Edward Grey social Socialist South Africa speech Suffragists Tariff Reform taxation Territorial Territorial Army tion trade Treaty undeveloped land Union Unionist valuation vote
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Pagina 451 - House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organisation of a Canadian naval service in co-operation with, and in close relation to, the Imperial Navy, along the lines suggested by the Admiralty at the last Imperial Conference, and in full sympathy with the view that the naval supremacy of Britain is essential to the security of commerce, the safety of the Empire, and the peace of the world.
Pagina 98 - ... wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness. I cannot help hoping and believing that before this generation has passed away we shall have advanced a great step towards that good time when poverty and wretchedness and human degradation, which always follow in its camp, will be as remote to the people of this country as the wolves which once infested its forests.
Pagina 255 - December 2 he proposed a resolution that ' the action of the House of Lords in refusing to pass into law the financial provision made by this House for the service of the year is a breach of the Constitution, and a usurpation of the rights of the Commons '. It was carried by 349 votes to 134.
Pagina 203 - the end of all " — the negation of faith, of family, of property, of monarchy, of the Empire. He himself must go a different road — that of public economy, of strengthening character, of preserving confidence — the road by which we had built up our strength and dominion.
Pagina 126 - President of the Board of Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Pagina 399 - One-half of their number shall be selected on the ground mainly of their thorough acquaintance, by reason of their official experience or otherwise, with the reasonable wants and wishes of the coloured races in South Africa.
Pagina 389 - September, 1900, by which the taxation of land shall not exceed that on similar land in Lower Burmah, is hereby removed. British subjects in Siam shall be exempt from all military service, either in the army or navy, and from all forced loans or military exactions or contributions. ARTICLE 7. The provisions of all treaties, agreements, and conventions between Great Britain and Siam, not modified by the present treaty remain in full force. ARTICLE 8. The present treaty shall be ratified within four...
Pagina 402 - ... other territory or by the Union Government to make good any deficiency in the revenue of such territory. 14. It shall not be lawful to alienate any land in Basutoland or any land forming part of the native reserves in the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland from the native tribes inhabiting those territories.
Pagina 27 - Provinces in which it does not exist, but have also failed to give effect to the policy of granting modified fixity of tenure and immunity from enhancements laid down in 1882 and 1884 by the Government of India and approved by the Secretary of State...