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Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote (Chancellor of the Exchequer), 4 Feb. 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9271/4/184

Scope and Contents

Applications for loans 'on liberal and exceptional terms in aid of certain classes of what are called reproductive works' raise serious questions; State does make loans advantageous to borrower 'for a number of purposes of public utility'; to alter low rates in a particular case would bring a flood of applications; Sligo Harbour is one in question, where works must be suspended and labourers dismissed unless a low rate loan is made; 'We are withholding an official answer to your official letter till we see what view Parliament takes of our Relief Bill'

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  • Creation: 4 Feb. 1880

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English

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