29 APRIL 1848, page 13

Rescue For Wilson!

Tnn rumoured appointment of Mr. James Wilson to be Vice- President of the Board of Trade has drawn upon him rather sharp attacks : but surely the assailants are too hard ? The......

Benefit Societies And Real Property. The Members Of...

allege a defect in the law which is a real grievance. The law of conveyance, they state, prohibits the direct holding of freehold property by benefit societies ; so that when......

Organization Of Agriculture.

LAND-TAX NOT RENT. IT is a favourite argument with the defenders of the present revenue sys- tem in British India that the land-tax there levied is in fact only the rent of the......