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Letter from J H Anderson (Lexham Gardens, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] and making suggestions for local taxation. Annotated in shorthand.

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Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

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Printed circular letter issued by the Financial Reform Association (18 Hackins Hey, Liverpool) on the raising of revenue by direct and indirect taxation.

Scope and Contents Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westbourne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) regretting that WSC's recent letter in the Nation "betrays a tendency towards State Socialism". Gives his view of the distinction between a Radical and a Socialist and follows Henry George in advocating a system of taxation which distinguishes between value created by the community and that created by the individual, and the nationalisation of "all natural monopolies" such as transport...

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Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westborne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) advocating the taxation of land values, which he sees as a pre-requisite for Free Trade, and attacking taxation of capital and the earnings derived from it. Describes the good economic effects of the taxation of land values in New Zealand and New South Wales [Australia] and urges the Government to take on the House of Lords by including such taxation in the Budget. Signed typescript.

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Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount] (Wimborne House, Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC on how the new rates of death duties and their retrospective character will effect him (Guest) personally.

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Letter from George C West (5 Austin Friars, London) to WSC pointing out that potential mortgagees have been deterred from making advances on land because of the proposal in the Finance Bill to tax land values. Cites the particular case of the Ruthin Castle Estates [Denbighshire, Wales]. Signed and annotated typescript.

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Letter from Violet, Lady Savile (Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire) to WSC enclosing a cartoon criticising the Government's taxation policy [see CHAR 2/39/57] and complaining about the annual taxation of the value of unextracted minerals and declaring that reduced income will force her and 2nd Lord Savile to shut Rufford.

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Cutting: cartoon of man sitting on empty bed-frame with a long list of taxes and the caption: "An Englishman's home - if this government lasts much longer." Sent with CHAR 2/39/55-56.

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Letter from William ? (Treasury Chambers) to "Jim" [?] commenting on points raised by Lady Savile on the annual taxation of the value of unextracted minerals as it relates to coal on Lord Savile's Rufford Abbey Estate [Ollerton, Nottinghamshire].

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Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Edgar Harper [statistical officer to the London County Council] asking for responses to the argument that the special taxation of fixed charges like ground rents and mining royalties is invidious. Typescript copy.

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Letter from Edgar Harper [statistical officer of the London County Council] (County Hall, Spring Gardens, [London]) to WSC considering the question of what kind of property should be taxed. Argues in favour of the equal taxation of all forms of land value and against the special taxation of particular forms such as mining royalties and ground rents. Signed typescript.

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Letter from Josiah Wedgwood (House of Commons) to WSC explaining how a Single Tax would secure to workers the full reward for their labour. Signed and annotated typescript.

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Cutting from the Morning Post, report on speech by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord St Aldwyn to his constituents in Clifton, on the Education Bill, resistance to the payment of Rates, the growth of national expenditure and the reform of the Army and Navy.

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Letter from Sir Edward Hamilton to WSC, opposing preferential trade conditions for the Colonies, which would lead to higher taxation at home.

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Letter from T. Hallett Fry to WSC on Income Tax, suggesting higher taxation on unearned income and lower rates for earned income.

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Letter from T. Hallett Fry to WSC on taxation.

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Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC, thanks for sending resolution passed by High Crompton Conservative Association on the Government's policy in abandoning the Corn Tax.

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Letter from Lord Pethick-Lawrence to WSC, sending copy of article on the taxation of foreign investments, [not preserved] asking for WSC's comments.

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Letter from Sir John Brunner (Reform Club, [London]) to WSC on the need to reform the rating of land just outside the boundaries of towns.

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Letter from Charles Trevelyan (Cambo, Northumberland) to WSC putting the case for the rating of land values.

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Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) to WSC discussing the effect of David Lloyd George's oratory and the Government's radical taxation policies. Thinks that WSC and Lloyd George have "started in a path which leads into the unknown".

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Letter from Robert Chalmers [Assistant Secretary at the Treasury] (19 Earl's Terrace, Kensington, [London]) to WSC answering WSC's queries about the taxation of agricultural land, the qualification for old age pensions of those in receipt of poor relief, and rate relief.

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Report on the large increase in the income of local landowners (unearned by them) arising from the development of the coalfield in the Aber Valley near Caerphilly [Glamorgan, Wales], and the exemption of this income from local taxation, which the Budget seeks to remedy. Annotated typescript.

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Report on the large royalties and increase in land values benefitting 1st Lord Plymouth, the owner of the land on which the Barry Dock near Cardiff [Wales] has been built, and the intention in the Budget to tax this unearned income. Typescript.