Report on Gibraltar Considered as a Fortress and a Colony; Respectfully Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... on the military defences, government, and trade of gibraltar, with considerations on the relative position of that fortress with spain; addressed to the right honourable the earl grey, jptr Pnjtstg'a sstactarg of Statt for % Colonits. bt major-general sir robert gardiner, governor of gibraltar. index. I. Introduction page 65 ii. Gibraltar, from its Conquest to Hie Com-mencement of the Spanish War of Inde-pendence, in 1808-9....67 iii. Revenue and Expenditure...80 Taxation not an available means of Revenue at Gibraltar...83 Sources of Revenue....84 Government Expenditure... ib. Crown Land Property...86 Crown Land Office.... ib. iv. Public Debt 92 Causes of Debt 93 Proposed means of relieving the Re-venue of Gibraltar from Debt.. 97 Required Improvements to be provided for by the Local Government.. 99 V. Trade of Gibraltar 102 Trade of Gibraltar, 1808 to 1850.. 107 P