A letter to the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P. President of the Board of Trade, upon the right, necessity, and duty, of government interference in railway affairs : with especial reference to the establishing a uniform system of railway accounts, and an independent audit of such accounts, as an effectual remedy for existing evils / by Harry Scrivenor, secretary of the Liverpool stock exchange, author of "The railway of the United Kingdom statistically considered" and "A history of the iron trade".

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scrivenor, Harry, author.

Series:

Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890.

Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads and state--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Railroads and state.

Railroads--Great Britain--Finance--History--19th century.

Railroads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Smith, Elder and Company, 1849.

Notes:

Quotation on title page: Railway property cannot attain its legitimate value without the establishment of perfect confidence in the accuracy of the accounts, and correctness of the principles on which they are made out; and whatever steps are essential for this purpose, it is the interest of the company to adopt, and the duty of directors to promote. Lancashire and Yorkshire. - Report 5th September, 1849.

On title page verso: London: printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey.

At head of title page: Government intervention in railway affairs.

Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.

Shelfmark number: [G.L.] Unbound pam. [1849-Scrivenor].

OCLC:

1198243109

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