Freehold Land Society notices and stamp duty changes
Correspondence to the Office of the Publisher in Birmingham requires writer names and addresses for authentication. A parliamentary return shows borough income of £1,241,655 and expenditure £1,170,019. A reader explains stamp duty reductions under the new act, including conveyances and mortgages, with large transactions seen to pay half prior duties.
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Strand
James Taylor
Freehold Land Society
Birmingham
England
Wales
Frederick Barton
Joan Thompson
Brighton
Freehold Conference at Birmingham Report
Our present issue contains a full report of the Freehold Conference in Birmingham. Delegates describe progress in their localities, addresses from principal speakers offer practical ideas, and the Town Hall public meeting shows Birmingham's cordial support for the movement.
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Birmingham
Town Hall
Freehold Land Societies Spark Electoral Reform Debate
A Birmingham Conference report notes 80 societies with 30 000 members and 170 000 in subscriptions, averaging 23 to 25 pounds per freehold. The Times and Chronicle praise the aims but warn of costs, while defenders argue land as a safe investment and a path to extended suffrage and political influence.
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Freehold Union
Times
The
Chronicle
Friends of Progress
The Moral Effects of Holding Small Freeholds
An article argues that regular small investments in Freehold Land Societies could safeguard working men in old age. It notes many artisans cannot save much and considers marriage as a potential savings boost through wives’ light trades, asserting savings are feasible for families at early years of marriage.
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the Times
Savings’bank
Corning Chronicle
Chronicle
Times
Freehold Movement
Txbridge
Enfield
East Mousely
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Che H Prechoalyer
Chronicle and Times
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