10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALT TAX»
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The salt tax For England and Wales the first Act of Parliament that taxed salt at
the point of manufacture was passed in 1694 and was initially intended to
provide money for the wars of William III. It was briefly repealed between 1730
and 1732 ...
Andrew Fielding, Annelise Fielding, 2006
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Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt: Volume 2, ...
Where precisely the notion of a salt-tax came from is not known, but that salt was
a basic requirement - and one that was borrowed, stolen or purchased26 - is
nothing new for this period. The Seleucids had a salt-tax at least from the third ...
Willy Clarysse, Dorothy J. Thompson, Ulrich Luft, 2006
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Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt: Volume 1, ...
there has been collected on 3 Pharmouti: for salt-tax 24 (dr.), for obol-tax i (dr.) 2
ob. on the 4th: for salt-tax 22 (dr.) 3 ob., [for obol-tax 2 (dr.) 3 ob., on the 20th: for
salt-tax 24 (dr.) 4 ob., for obol-tax i (dr.) 2 ob.,] on the 26th: for sa[lt-tax 1 1 (dr.) ...
Willy Clarysse, Dorothy J. Thompson, 2006
One important point in the demand list was concerned with issue of salt law /salt
tax. It was demanded that salt tax should be abolished and the government
monopoly on manufacturing of salt may be done away with. The viceroy did not
take ...
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The Two Faces of Graeco-Roman Egypt
It is therefore extremely suggestive that the earliest salt tax receipts, dated to
regnal year 23 of Ptolemy II, are for the salt tax of year 22;85 and that, at least at
Elephantine, the same scribes who were responsible for the nhb, nht and crt
taxes ...
Arthur M. F. W. Verhoogt, Sven Peter Vleeming, 1998
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World History of
Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of
Tax ...
1916 Two Kitchen Knives Rebellion (China), uprising against the salt tax led by
He Long, the twentyyearold head of a small group of salt smugglers operating
near Zhong Jiaguan innorthwestern Hunanprovince. Apparentlyhe had learned ...
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China's Economic System
Salt tax was one of the chief sources of revenue in China before 1949. Inelastic
demand, and the comparative ease of collection, have made it a favourite tax for
governments of under-developed lands in many places and periods. Under the ...
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Hellenistic Constructs: Essays in Culture, History, and ...
remains a mystery;23 but the salt-tax (or halike) in Egypt fulfilled the function of a
poll-tax, a capitation charge on the adult population of the country — both male
and female — with very few exceptions.24 The age range of those liable to the
tax ...
Paul Cartledge, Peter Garnsey, Erich S. Gruen, 1997
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Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest ...
instructions of the ministry of finance, Jiang Shouyi led Henan Salt Bureau
officials to set up the Shuijingtuan in rural Henan.137 The first branch of the salt
tax corps was deployed in Sanhejian (Three Rivers' Point) in Gushi County; the
second ...
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Thirty years' view : or, A history of the working of the ...
There the salt tax had n overthrown by the labors of plain men, under
circumstances much more unfavorable to their undertaking than exist here. The
English salt tax had continued one hundred and fifty years. It was cherished by
the ministry, ...
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1854
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALT TAX»
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Salt Tax Claims An Embarrassment for Otago University
Research by the Taxpayers' Union indicates that the $450 million tax revenue suggested by Otago University Associate Professor Nick Wilson from a salt tax ... «Scoop.co.nz, May 15»
Salt tax could raise $450 million
"The same academics have called for fat taxes, sugar taxes and now a tax on salt. These are all regressive taxes that hit the poor hardest," Food & Grocery ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
Gandhi's Salt March, 85 Years Ago
His actions sent shockwaves across the subcontinent, inspiring scores of Indians to flout the salt tax and launch strikes and boycotts against colonial institutions. «History, Mar 15»
