The Municipal Corporations Act of September 1835, a direct result of the major commission report included here, swept away the peculiarities and privileges of the old system and provided a uniform plan of government for the boroughs and cities.
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Presents the important official deliberations of the nineteenth century on electoral reform and extension of the franchise together with extensive material on election practices at various periods. The set is a valuable guide to the development of British democracy treating extensively of topics such as the principles on which the franchise should be based, the methods for conducting elections, the influences determining electors’ preferences, bribery, intimidation and corruption and systems of representation.
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Contains seven Select Committee reports presented to parliment between the years 1835 and 1872. During this period the entire character of the British Diplomatic and Consular services were to undergo significant changes. The Select Committee of 1835 and 1858 established the practice of regular instructions, reports and information between the Foreign Office, the Board of Trade and the consuls abroad. The Select Committee of 1861 concentrated its attention on the Diplomatic Service and took evidence from prominent Foreign Office officials and leading diplomats and consuls. This committee more than any other established the Diplomatic Service as we know it today, a service based on open examination, apprenticeship and regular structures of promotion, salary and pension.
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During the late thirties the first significant inquiries took place for reform of the civil service. These concentrated on the question of fees, salaries and sinecure offices and they were the product of considerable agitation for the reduction of excessive salaries paid to public officials. The years 1845-55 saw the publication of the famous Northcote-Trevelyan report which proved to be the foundation of the civil service in its present form. The next major report was the Playfair Report of 1875. The report recognised the special difficulties involved in recruiting and placing scientific personnel and marks the birth of the scientific civil service. Finally the Ridley Commission report presented its findings in 1887-89. Apart from the invaluable account given of the day to day workings of the service at the time of this report, it was responsible more than any other for opening the service to women workers.
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