Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of TasmaniaRoyal Society of Tasmania, 1891 |
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Página 158 - Whenever it shall be decided," he says in his journal, " that the opening between this and Van Diemen's Land is a strait, this rapidity of tide, and the long south-west swell that seems to be continually rolling in upon the coast to the westward, will then be accounted for.
Página 16 - ... 2. That it be easily and cheaply collected, and fall as directly as may be upon the ultimate payers — so as to take from the people as little as possible in addition to what it yields the government. 3. That it be certain — so as to give the least opportunity for tyranny or corruption on the part of officials, and the least temptation to law-breaking and evasion on the part of the taxpayers. 4. That it bear equally — so as to give no citizen an advantage or put any at a disadvantage, as...
Página 16 - The best tax by which public revenues can be raised is evidently that which will closest conform to the following conditions : 1. That it bear as lightly as possible upon production — so as least to check the increase of the general fund from which taxes must be paid and the community maintained. 2. That it be easily and cheaply collected, and fall as directly as may be upon the ultimate payers — so as to take from the people as little as possible in...
Página 162 - Streights, renders it in a political view peculiarly necessary that a settlement should be formed there ; and as far as the reports of those who have visited that coast can be depended upon, it is strongly recommended by the nature of the soil and the goodness of the climate.
Página xxxiv - The rent of land is determined by the excess of its produce over that which the same application can secure from the least productive land in use.
Página 210 - Specifically, the rent of any piece of land is determined by the difference between its annual yield and that of the least productive land actually cultivated for the supply of the same market, under equal applications of...
Página xiv - Price 10 cents. 65. Stratigraphy of the Bituminous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, by Israel C. White. 1891. 8". 212pp. 11 pi. Price 20 cents. 66. On a Group of Volcanic Rocks from the Tewan Mountains, New Mexico, and on the occurrence of Primary Quartz in certain Basalts, by Joseph Paxson Iddings.
Página 158 - found an open ocean westward, and, by the mountainous sea which rolled from that quarter, and no land discoverable in that direction, we have much reason to conclude that there is an open strait through, between the latitude of 39° and 40° 12...
Página 262 - For the credit aud honour of England, the exploration of the North Pole should not be left to any other country. It is the birthright and just inheritance of those who have gone through fifteen years of toil and risk in Arctic seas. The glory that yet remains to be gathered should be theirs; and can there be any moment so fitting as the present?
Página 161 - I observed a large fall of water over rocks, near a quarter of a mile up a strait gully, between perpendicular rocks, about one hundred and fifty feet high. The beauty of the scene is probably not surpass'd in the world. This great waterfall or cataract is most likely one of the greatest sources of this beautiful river, every part of which abounds with swans, ducks, and other kinds of wild fowl. On the whole, I think the river Dalryinple possesses a number of local advantages requisite for a settlement,...