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"ref": "2012, Dennis Angelo Castillo, The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940-1942",
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"ref": "1877, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 40, page 264",
"text": "Valuable as much of the matter thus collected undoubtedly proved itself, and great as was the ability and industry which marked the compilation of its exhaustive tables, the effect of this report as designed to meet the complaints against ratal taxation, was scarcely so great as was probably expected.",
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"ref": "2017, Matthew Newsom Kerr, Contagion, Isolation, and Biopolitics in Victorian London",
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"ref": "1907 August 24, The Economist, volume 65, page 1443",
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"ref": "1954, The Magazine of Wall Street and Business Analyst",
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"ref": "1960, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 35, United States Tax Court, page 756",
"text": "The agency executed the leases to the tenants, had repairs made to the building, looked after the tax ratals and appeals, and watched the occupancy and use of the property so that insurance rates would not be affected.",
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"ref": "1963, Werner Kroth, Systems of Forest Taxation and Tax Impact Upon Private Forestry in Several European Countries",
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"ref": "1877, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 40, page 264",
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"ref": "1954, The Magazine of Wall Street and Business Analyst",
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"ref": "1960, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 35, United States Tax Court, page 756",
"text": "The agency executed the leases to the tenants, had repairs made to the building, looked after the tax ratals and appeals, and watched the occupancy and use of the property so that insurance rates would not be affected.",
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"ref": "1963, Werner Kroth, Systems of Forest Taxation and Tax Impact Upon Private Forestry in Several European Countries",
"text": "The land tax ratal is obtained by applying the land tax figure to the unit value.",
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