Extract from the speech in 1903 of Thomas Shaw (later Lord Shaw) on Thomas Macnamara's Land Values Bill giving examples of inflated prices of land used for public works in Edinburgh [Scotland]. Annotated typescript.

Statement by Edgar Harper [statistical officer of the London County Council] of the case for the taxation of mineral royalties.

Memorandum by Edgar Harper [statistical officer of the London County Council] arguing that a uniform rate on land values is preferable to a uniform tax. Typescript annotated by [?Sydney Buxton, later Lord Buxton, that the issue is best not dealt with during the election].

Letter from Otto Ernst Niemeyer (Treasury) to Edward Marsh enclosing and commenting on notes on taxes levied by the Empire and the Federal States in Germany [see CHAR 2/42/11-12].

Notes by Otto Ernst Niemeyer on taxes levied by the Empire and the Federal States in Germany. Sent with CHAR 2/42/10.

Printed table with manuscript additions showing the revenues derived from indirect and direct taxation and the amount of tax revenue per head of population from 1874/5 to 1909/10.

Table showing present and proposed rates of duties on licences taken out by grocers. Typescript.

Note on the taxation of land values.

Extract from the speech of Lord Chatham on 15 January 1766 asserting the sole right of the Houe of Commons to grant taxation. Typescript with manuscript heading.

Note by Sir Robert Chalmers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on the relief recently granted by the Government to payers of income tax. Typescript and manuscript.

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood (House of Commons) to WSC explaining how a Single Tax would secure to workers the full reward for their labour. Signed and annotated typescript.

Note from WSC (Home Office) to John Pedder enclosing a memorandum [not present] from the Socialist Lord Provost of Dundee [Scotland] on the reduction in crime following the imposition of a new whisky duty, 21 Sep 1910 Typescript annotated with Pedder's comments on the memorandum, 23 Sep [1910, and with note that it was sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George], 28 Sep [1910]].

Letter from C P Scott (The Firs, Fallowfield, Manchester) to WSC asserting that only if social reform were financed from taxation would people appreciate its true cost.

Letter from WSC to [Henry] Chaplin correcting WSC's reported statements on protective taxation quoted in a letter from Chaplin in the Times. Copy in WSC's hand. Annotated: "not sent".

Letter from Robert Chalmers (Board of Inland Revenue) to Edward Marsh reporting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] did not in 1909 favour the exemption of estates from estate duty for 25 years because the loss of revenue could not be afforded "in these spacious days of social reform.".

Memorandum on the racecourse betting bill by the stewards of the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee summarising the advantages of the bill as the establishment of totalisators at racing tracks and increased regulation of bookmakers at racecourses and outlining proposals to establish a central authority under control of the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee, funds for which would be used to support horse breeding and the sport.Printed pamphlet.

Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to David [Lloyd George] marked "secret" requesting additional finances to reduce the large numbers of deaths in mining accidents. He points out that the miners' leaders are willing to co-operate with the government and that public opinion would approve of a "bold and sweeping policy" which he would propose to fund largely through charges on the mining industry. Typescript.

Amendments and explanatory memoranda relating to the Finance Bill.

The Finance Bill.

Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, (98 Elm Park Gardens, London SW10) to WSC, enclosing a memorandum written after the Burma debate in the House of Commons, on the continuation of high duties on British cotton goods in Burma [later Myanmar], in spite of the proposed separation from India.

Letter from Harold Robinson, [Chairman, Lancashire Group, India Defence League], to WSC, enclosing a reprint of his article from the Oldham Chronicle, 30 March 1935, "Lancashire Demands a Square Deal - Remove the Surcharges in Indian Tariff on Cotton Goods"; reporting that the article had been issued to all Lancashire MPs.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of an amendment relating to the hops industry; the weak position of the government due to the disillusionment of their supporters regarding legislation on the constitution and veto of the House of Lords; the necessity of a statement on the subject by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] so that financial business, including discussion of the naval estimates, may be continued.

Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of Government borrowing and the passage of the [1909] Budget; and the influence of the House of Lords over the passage of financial bills.