1886
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
At the Treasury--Lord Randolph as an official--Secret Service money--The
Metropolitan coal and wine dues--Preparation of the Budget--Democratic
finance--The death duties--The inhabited house tax--New stamp
duties--Horses, cartridges and theatre tickets--The Sinking Fund--Large
reductions of taxation--A fivepenny income tax--The means for Local
Government--The Budget in the Cabinet--A silence.....179