house-tax

It imposed a house-tax, withdrew the bonus to agriculturists, repealed the window-tax, but re-demanded the income-tax for three years.

The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to remit a portion of the taxes upon malt, tea, and sugar, but to counterbalance these losses he also proposed to extend the income-tax and house-tax.

The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

He also proposed to abolish the window-tax, but to introduce a house-tax in its stead.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

Sir Robert proposes that a new burthen be placed upon his back in the shape of a house-tax, pledging himself that it shall be heavy enough to effect the desired purpose.

Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to remit a portion of the taxes upon malt, tea, and sugar, but to counterbalance these losses he also proposed to extend the income-tax and house-tax.

The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

But when he went to the extent of demanding that the house-tax should be paid by all classes in the community, not even excepting the highest nobility, a party was raised up against him among the nobles, who established a paper to combat so disorganizing a doctrine.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

Yet he had to pay a house-tax of five piastres, a war-tax of five piastres, a camel-tax of five piastres, a palm-tax of five piastres,

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Yet he had to pay a house-tax of five piastres, a war-tax of five piastres, a camel-tax of five piastres, a palm-tax of five piastres, a salt-tax of nine piastres, a poll-tax of thirty piastres, a land-tax of ninety piastres.

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Yet he had to pay a house-tax of five piastres, a war-tax of five piastres, a camel-tax of five piastres, a palm-tax of five piastres,

Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 4 Gilbert Parker 1897

There was a house-tax which was assessed by measuring the area of the land on which a building stood, and there was a tax on expert labour such as that of carpenters and matmakers.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886