A letter to the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P. President of the Board of Trade, upon the right, necessity, and duty, of government interference in railway affairs
Subtitle: with especial reference to the establishing a uniform system of railway accounts, and an independent audit of such accounts, as an effectual remedy for existing evils
By: by Harry Scrivenor, secretary of the Liverpool stock exchange, author of "The railway of the United Kingdom statistically considered" and "A history of the iron trade"
Series: Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890; Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Publisher: Smith, Elder and Co.
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Railroads and state; History; Railroads; Finance
Notes: Quotation on title page: Railway property cannot attain its legitimate value without the establishment of perfect confidence in the accuracy of the accounts, and correctness of the principles on which they are made out; and whatever steps are essential for this purpose, it is the interest of the company to adopt, and the duty of directors to promote. Lancashire and Yorkshire. - Report 5th September, 1849.

On title page verso: London: printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey.

At head of title page: Government intervention in railway affairs.

Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.

Shelfmark number: [G.L.] Unbound pam. [1849-Scrivenor].