Preface | vii | |
1. |
Parkinson's Law,
or The Rising Pyramid | 2 |
2. | The Will of the People,
or Annual General Meeting | 14 |
3. | High Finance,
or The Point of Vanishing Interest | 24 |
4. | Directors and
Councils,
or Coefficient of Inefficiency | 33 |
5. | The Short List,
or Principles of Selection | 45 |
6. | Plans and Plants,
or The Administration Block | 59 |
7. | Personality Screen,
or The Cocktail Formula | 70 |
8. | Injelititis,
or Palsied Paralysis | 78 |
9. | Palm Thatch to Packard,
or A Formula for Success | 91 |
10. | Pension Point,
or The Age of Retirement | 101 |
Year | Capital ships in commission | Officers and men in R.N. | Dockyard workers | Dockyard officials and clerks | Admiralty officials |
1914 | 62 | 146,000 | 57,000 | 3249 | 2000 |
1928 | 20 | 100,000 | 62,439 | 4558 | 3569 |
Increase or Decrease | -67.74% | -31.5% | +9.54% | +40.28% | +78.45% |
1935 | 1939 | 1943 | 1947 | 1954 |
372 | 450 | 817 | 1139 | 1661 |
1740 | 5 | 1885 | 16 | 1945 | 16 |
1784 | 7 | 1900 | 20 | 1945 | 20 |
1801 | 12 | 1915 | 22 | 1949 | 17 |
1841 | 14 | 1935 | 22 | 1954 | 18 |
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| 1939 | 23 |
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No. of Members | |
6 | Honduras, Luxembourg |
7 | Haiti, Iceland, Switzerland |
9 | Costa Rica, Ecuador, N. Ireland, Liberia, Panama, Philippines, Uruguay |
10 | Guatemala, El Salvador, United States |
11 | Brazil, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay |
12 | Bolivia, Chile, Peru |
13 | Colombia, Dominican R., Norway, Thailand |
14 | Denmark, India, S. Africa, Sweden |
15 | Austria, Belgium, Finland, Iran, New Zealand, Portugal, Venezuela |
16 | Iraq, Netherlands, Turkey |
17 | Eire, Israel, Spain |
18 | Egypt, Gt. Britain, Mexico |
19 | W. Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy |
20 | Australia, Formosa, Japan |
21 | Argentina, Burma, Canada, France |
22 | China |
24 | E. Germany |
26 | Bulgaria |
27 | Cuba |
29 | Rumania |
32 | Czechoslovakia |
35 | Yugoslavia |
38 | USSR |
Return rendered in respect of the month of |
Cross out
the word which does not apply | Full
name | Address | Domicile | When
naturalized and why | Status |
Mr.
Mrs. Miss |
Number of your identity card or passport | Your grandfather's full name | Your grandmother's maiden name | Have you been vaccinated, inoculated; when & why | Give full details |
Note: The penalty for furnishing incorrect information may be a fine of &sterling;5000 or a year's penal servitude, or quite possibly both. |
What special circumstances283 are alleged to justify the adjusted allocation for which request is made in respect of the quota period to which the former application143 relates, whether or not the former level had been revised and in what sense and for what purpose and whether this or any previous application made by any other party or parties has been rejected by any other planning authority under subsection VII36 or for any other reason, and whether this or the latter decision was made the subject of an appeal and with what result and why. |
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