| Title | Application of the Salt Chamber of Commerce (24 North John St, Liverpool) on behalf of the Salt Union, the Cleveland Salt Co, the Tees Salt Co, Murgatroyd's Salt Works Co, A J Thompson, the Stafford Salt & Alkali Co and John Garner & Co, under Section 42(1) of the Finance (No 2) Act 1915, for an increase of 4% in the statutory percentage (excess profits duty) on the grounds that brine pumping is subject to unusual risks in connection with subsidence. With supporting papers. |
| Description | Supporting papers include: details of mines, shafts and boreholes lost through subsidence; statistics of brine raised and salt produced 1887-1918; account of subsidence in the area and its causes over 30 years; figures for expenditure on maintenance; details of world imports and exports of salt; details of rates imposed on brine raised by the Northwich Salt Compensation Board, and list of salt works and houses in the Droitwich area (Worcs) affected by subsidence, giving valuations, names of tenants, yearly rentals and diminution in capital value. Printed. Index. |