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The plant cost in all 5,500,0001 . If this figure were taken as a basis of calculation , then the capital expenditure for the production of a quantity of petrol equal to that now consumed in the United Kingdom would be 137,000,0001 .
The plant cost in all 5,500,0001 . If this figure were taken as a basis of calculation , then the capital expenditure for the production of a quantity of petrol equal to that now consumed in the United Kingdom would be 137,000,0001 .
Page 99
During that time it was under Government control , when , under political pressure , the demands of the Miners ' Federation , however extortionate , were granted as soon as they were made and in consequence costs were run up to ...
During that time it was under Government control , when , under political pressure , the demands of the Miners ' Federation , however extortionate , were granted as soon as they were made and in consequence costs were run up to ...
Page 108
... too many hands and that the proportion of the final cost represented by the charges for distribution is too high . I do not believe that the cost of the distribution of coal is any higher than that of most other commodities .
... too many hands and that the proportion of the final cost represented by the charges for distribution is too high . I do not believe that the cost of the distribution of coal is any higher than that of most other commodities .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 267, Issue 529 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Florida |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2022 |
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