| 单词 | octroi |
| 例句 | That included the dreaded octroi, a British import from medieval times that allowed states and some cities to collect taxes whenever goods crossed a boundary. Modi Cut India’s Red Tape. Now He Hopes to Win Votes for His Work. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Or, worse still, on a few bottles of wine which may remain unconsumed at luncheon, but which the official of the octroi knows perfectly well were taken out into the campo that same morning? Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They could see the octroi and the first houses through the trees. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z These localities were free as regards customs duties, although dues of the nature of octroi charges were often levied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z He now embodied his free-trade principles in commercial treaties with England and France, and abolished the octroi duties and the tolls on the national roads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Mehta’s costs dropped after the government abolished 17 taxes, including the octroi, two years ago and established instead a national value-added tax on most business activity. Modi Cut India’s Red Tape. Now He Hopes to Win Votes for His Work. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Taxes were also levied in kind, and there was an octroi duty upon goods entering the town. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z A large open space at the end of one of the bridges is selected for the collection of the octroi duties levied upon all food and produce entering the city. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z A few duties are, however, levied, which are really octroi rather than customs charges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Paris was thus left to the rioters, who seized arms wherever they could find them, broke open the jails, burnt the octroi barriers and soon had every man’s life and goods at their discretion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z However, Denver has no octroi, nor is the Denver gate a barrier. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z His remarks upon the defences of Bombay, the octroi duty, and the great expense of the military buildings, form the starting-point of subsequent important action in these matters during his Viceroyalty. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z Up to the construction of the present fortifications,—under Louis-Philippe,—Paris had been surrounded, at its outer confines, by a simple octroi barrier of about twenty-five kilometres in circumference, and pierced by fifty-four entrances. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z We were not informed, and when the octroi officials had measured our tank they charged us something like four dollars on its contents. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z And then, more attentive to the details about her, she remembered the octroi when she had entered Paris from Bernay-sur-Mer. The Belovéd Traitor Besides the state tax on imports, each city and town has its octroi, or import tax, on everything brought into the city. Races and Immigrants in America They presented themselves to the Austrian government of the Netherlands, at Bruxelles; they were admitted under an octroi, the most solemn act of that government, and they established themselves in the city of Bruges. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion The three friends proceeded venta-wards, and just as they passed the octroi gate the same muleteer who had passed them outward bound, went in before them with the same leathern bottle in his hand. The Firebrand France has a tobacco monopoly, registration taxes, stamp taxes, tax on windows, and innumerable local taxes, one being the octroi, or tax on goods entering cities. The Greater Republic A History of the United States But a civilised yearning for the utmost advantages of octroi, and not a fierce fear of robbery and wrong, is at the bottom of the continuance of this custom. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They are, therefore, allowed to store them, under the supervision of the octroi, and pay as they are sold. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 In indirect taxation the salt tax had been reduced by 40%, the postal, railway and telegraph rates lowered, octroi duties and bridge and lock dues abolished. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Then, with great dignity, uprose the ancient valiant man of the octroi of Sarria, for he felt that some one must vindicate the municipality. The Firebrand Italy goes still further with her tobacco monopoly, house tax, income tax, salt tax, octroi duties, stamp taxes, and heavy legacy and registration taxes. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Besides the ordinary duties of a municipality, such as public works, octroi, etc., it is to have the direction of education. Records of Later Life To replace the octroi, they are given their choice of five other taxes—upon alcohol, or upon horses, dogs, billiards, clubs, and various other articles of luxury. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Sometimes I went with some of my young friends hors de la barrière, that is, outside Paris, outside the barrier where the octroi has to be paid on meat, wine, &c. My Autobiography A Fragment The barriers run along the line of fortifications and form the "octroi," or tax limit of the city. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life "There is that little matter of the wine from your nephew which did not pay the octroi," Brisson reminded her. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue Octroi duties The various dues, miksu, seem to have been a sort of octroi duty. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The octroi is stationed at every gate of exit, and at numerous posts within the enclosure. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Further, every city had its own octroi duties, customs, ferry dues, highway and water rates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Beyond this historic area are the outer boulevards which mark the octroi wall of Louis XVI.; further yet are the Thiers wall and fortifications of 1841. The Story of Paris The octroi regulations had just been revised, and the gates were open to passing traffic without the obligation of having to declare one's possessions. The Automobilist Abroad At the gates of each small town in France the octroi, or impost, levies on articles of food brought in, and the customhouse in England seizes all American reprints of English books. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Unknown to himself, he was fast becoming one of the sights on the Versailles road, and the men at the octroi station grinned when he went by, and called him the crazy professor. Fair Margaret A Portrait Before entering the city an octroi duty had to be paid upon the sheep as upon other produce of the country. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Nearly 90 p.c. of the taxation was drawn from octroi, a hardy plant which has survived much economic criticism. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir It is true, however, that in England one does meet with annoying toll-bridges and gates, and in France one has equally annoying octroi barriers. The Automobilist Abroad The common articles of necessity are as dear, if not dearer abroad; the octroi duty upon all that enters the barriers raising the price excessively. Olla Podrida Sire! under all their governments the good people of Paris have submitted to the octroi. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Thus a tax was laid upon the brick-fields, which in Babylonia were economically of considerable importance, and there was an octroi duty upon all goods, cattle, and country produce which entered a town. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs I have shown what a large part the octroi plays in the revenue of a city like Amiens. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 At Lyons the octroi tax has been abolished. The Automobilist Abroad But if the neighboring country districts had established this octroi for their profit, what would happen? Sophisms of the Protectionists Wine can be had outside of the walls, for about half the price which is paid for it within the town, as it escapes the octroi, or city duty. Recollections of Europe As to the octroi system, it is bad beyond all conception. Roumania Past and Present As the octroi is imposed upon food and beverages of all kinds—fuel, forage, and building materials—this tax is regarded in France as a measure for estimating the general well-being of the inhabitants. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Consequently, this contention that they have been deprived of the octroi owing to my love for the "Sozies" angers them still more, but the contention is false. In the World War Parisians, all that I say now, I said to you twenty years ago, when it occurred to Pierre to use the octroi for his gain and your loss. Sophisms of the Protectionists French food is locally abundant and cheap, notwithstanding the octroi, or French local tax of one eighth. The Audacious War But the octroi is now a thing of the past, and save in one respect the cantons have abolished cantonal tariffs. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum Neither the people of the cities nor the rural populations like the octroi, but, in the immortal words of the late Mr. Tweed of New York, 'What can they do about it?' France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 A pack-horse or two nibble the blades of grass between the stones, while their owners haggle with the solitary guard about the “octroi” duties. Rome in 1860 Parisians, let us demand the reform of the octroi; let it be put back to what it was. Sophisms of the Protectionists Then came the city barrier and the octroi, and still the street stretched in front of me, darker now, more mischievous, more obscure. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy For municipal purposes, indirect taxation, under the name of octroi, is levied by most considerable towns, and notwithstanding its inconveniences, is far less unpopular and far more productive than any form of direct taxation. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official This gave an average of a little less than 13 francs per capita as the burden of the octroi upon the population. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The Government of Rome may, however, impose an octroi duty on victuals at the gates of the city. Rome in 1860 Use the octroi, if you can, to raise wages, or do not use it to raise the price of commodities. Sophisms of the Protectionists It was the octroi on the road to Granville, which was between thirty and forty miles away. The Doctor's Dilemma An octroi of three dollars per barrel is estimated to yield fifty thousand dollars, or two thousand dollars less than soda-water. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Under the Empire, the Restoration, and the Monarchy of July, the Council of State granted the octrois. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Had he stolen, or killed anybody, or tried to evade the octroi duty? Whosoever Shall Offend It depends on them whether they will replace the octroi on its old basis, and dismiss from it this fatal principle, which is grafted on it, and has grown there like a parasite fungus. Sophisms of the Protectionists It ought to reduce taxation, meet its expenditure by loans, abolish octrois and prohibitions, and defer taxation until it has lasted long enough to be submitted to as a fait accompli.' Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Encircling them is the mur d' octroi, or barrier where municipal tolls are levied upon articles of food and drink. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 I once had to pay the octroi tax on two brace of Maryland canvas-back ducks, which I was taking over from London to a Christmas dinner in Paris. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The bank of which Del Ferice was a director bought the octroi duties of the town at the periodical auction, and farmed them skilfully, together with those of many other towns in the same province. Don Orsino At the end of the Boulevard Maillot, the man passed the octroi and entered Paris. The Teeth of the Tiger The octroi and the transportation bring the price up to about three francs and a half. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland The octroi, like turnpike-tolls or the post-horse duty with us, is farmed; two-thirds are received by the government, and the remaining one-third by the town. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 The tariff of the octroi meanwhile has remained substantially without change from 1873 to the present time. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 It is strongly fortified, being surrounded by a ring of forts, and a wall 22 m. long, at the 56 gates of which the octroi dues are levied. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The octroi dues on grain were at the same time suspended at all the markets; wheat was already going down; when the Parisians went out of doors to see the riot, they couldn't find any. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 III Ruins When you go into Rheims by the Epernay road, the life of the street seems to be proceeding as usual, except that octroi formalities have been abolished. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front The officers of the octroi were standing close together at the door of their office, in which the lamp was burning. A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen But Maryland would not submit to an octroi upon her birds entering New York. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 There is no octroi or anything of that sort across the street. What is Coming? In fact, Fregier describes the criminal industries which are called into existence by octrois, and which will disappear with the abolition of these absurd and unjust duties. Criminal Sociology The customs and the octroi, if there be any, have been avoided. Dracula I stumbled in, clutching at Riou with my disengaged hand, and fell upon the floor of the octroi, where they thought I had fainted. A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen Besides the people pay the door and window tax, the furniture tax, the prestations en nature, the permanent personal tax, and the octrois and the centimes additionnels levied for educational and other purposes. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 At this hour immense heat was rising from the pavement and from all the furnaces in the factories, setting alight a reflecting oven over the city and beyond the octroi wall. L'Assommoir What? pay two sous octroi on a bottle of one's own wine, that one had had in one's cellar for half a lifetime? In and out of Three Normady Inns These market dues still survive in the "octroi" collected at the gates of some European cities. Early European History In the crowd I saw Riou, who had done this at the octroi. A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen II A few miles and a few minutes more and we were in the embrace of the loveliest of them, which was at first the clutch on the octroi. Familiar Spanish Travels He was still working there, behind the octroi wall at the new hospital. L'Assommoir To meet these obligations, the octroi prices have been raised to the highest pitch by the City Fathers. Old Calabria A pension proving uninhabitable, and most of the better-class hotels being closed for the winter, I threw myself upon the mercy of an octroi official who stood guarding a forlorn gate somewhere in the wilderness. Alone All was calm, the houses on either side of the way were open, all but the office of the octroi which was black as night with its closed door. A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen But what we were not prepared for was the fact of octroi at Valladolid, and for the strange behavior of the local customs officer who stopped us on our way into the town. Familiar Spanish Travels In front of her on the other side of the octroi wall the bright heavens dazzled her, with the rising sun which rose higher and higher over the vast awaking city. L'Assommoir There is a tax of a franc a day on every cow, and a herd of ten goats, barely enough to keep a poor man alive, must pay annually 380 francs in octroi. Old Calabria I proposed the abolition of the octroi duties and of the duty on liquors. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness The one of the women who touched my heart most was the wife of Riou of the octroi. A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen II We were very glad indeed to get to Madrid, though dismayed by apprehensions of the octroi which we felt sure awaited us. Familiar Spanish Travels He receives, as octroi, from eight to fifteen cubits of Cutch canvass for every donkey- load passing the gates, consequently the beast is so burdened that it must be supported by the drivers. First Footsteps in East Africa No goods were allowed to be carried away from the city if the townsmen wished to buy; and a tax, called in France the octroi, was levied on goods brought into the town. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. I assume that there is no indirect taxation, no octroi duties, or that, if there are, they are supplementary only, those on whom their burden falls being also rated to a direct assessment. Considerations on Representative Government The octroi officers perfectly well remembered seeing the Marchese Ludovico, who was well known to them by sight, drive through the gate very early that morning in a bagarino with a lady. A Siren I have called the tax “black-mail”; it deserves a better name, being clearly the rudest form of those transit-dues and octrois which are in nowise improved by “progress.” Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The car was eating up the smooth white road; I could see the little octroi building at the town boundary-line, and a group of gendarmes in readiness close by. The Firefly of France They were at once presented with; the stamp- duty, registration, the lottery, the droits reunis, the tax on cards, and the 'octroi'. Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 11 The guards at the gates were doubtless the officers entrusted with the collection of the octroi duties. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India The first human beings she saw on her way were the octroi officers at the gate. A Siren Through this tax, and through to the previous action of customs-duties, tolls, octrois or monopolies, the State collects a certain percentage on the price of various kinds of merchandise sold. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 "Then they will probably ask to see our papers at the octroi?" The Firefly of France Think of all the craftsmen whom the stagnation of manufactures, the augmentation of octrois, the rigor of winter, and the dearness of bread have reduced to extreme distress. The French Revolution - Volume 1 This system of collecting octroi dues at the gates of principal towns lasted till recent days, having only been abolished by the British Government. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India These, again, are evidently monopolies and octrois going back to the time when he was in possession of public authority. The Ancient Regime Under the Constituent Assembly, through the suppression of ecclesiastical property and the abolition of octrois, a large portion of their revenue had been cut off, that assigned to them out of octrois and the tithes. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Rajah Rustum held his peace; lowered octroi dues a half; Organized a State Police; purified the. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition The octroi offices are demolished from top to bottom: they pull down the harbor offices and throw the scales and weights into the river. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Thus loaded up I left Paris by the Vincennes gate, and drove as far as Bagnolet, where there is no road except past the octroi, where the officials might have proved unpleasant. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel The octrois of towns.—The poor the greatest sufferers. The Ancient Regime "If circumstances require it,3197 the conseils-g�n�raux of the large communes may grant to prelates or to cur�s an increase of salary out of their rural possessions or octrois." The Modern Regime, Volume 1 A town could not establish an octroi, levy a rate, mortgage, sell, sue, farm, or administer their property, without an order in council. The Ancien Regime Here the thirty-two sections appoint commissioners; these decide against the octroi, and request the municipal authorities to abolish it. The French Revolution - Volume 1 It was really brought about by the cost of living at Lyons; Lyons must build theatres and become a metropolis, forsooth, and the octroi duties accordingly were insanely high. The Firm of Nucingen Popular hatred everywhere is profound against octroi, barrier and clerk. The Ancient Regime Save at the entrance of towns, and for the octroi the eye no longer encounters an official clerk. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Such is the amount by which the poor or half-poor taxpayer in the villages liberates himself toward his department and commune.—In the towns, he apparently pays more, owing to the octroi. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 The object, now, is to provide for the expenses which have been defrayed by the suppressed octrois. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Down with the octroi!—barriers are demolished, clerks are beaten, money is wanting in the towns for urgent expenses. The Ancient Regime Seven times in twenty-eight years5264 he withdraws and re-sells the right of appointing their municipal officers, and, to get rid of "this enormous financial burden," the towns double their octrois. The Ancient Regime Even on beverages, where the octroi is heavier, it remains, like all indirect taxes, nearly proportional and semi-optional. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 |
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