RATES AND TAXES 



use the report for the extraction of material 

 favourable to some particular case. People 

 interested in agriculture will naturally turn 

 to the paragraphs dealing with the burdens 

 and the reliefs of that industry, and they will 

 discover very easily that in the opinion of 

 the Commissioners there are grievances that 

 ought to be remedied. But they would be 

 seriously mistaken if they think that by this 

 simple process they have proved their case. 

 It may well happen that the grievances of 

 other classes and interests are more serious 

 and more urgent in their claims for redress. 



It is plain that the particular statements 

 concerning agriculture must always be con- 

 strued in connection with the general tenour 

 of the report. And it follows that some 

 attempt at a summary of the results is 

 desirable before descending to this particular 

 case. The most important and general con- 

 clusion appears to be that local taxation 



