[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1

David Grellscheid david.grellscheid at durham.ac.uk
Sat Sep 4 15:11:33 EDT 2010


On 03/09/2010 19:50, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> Or at least queue it, where it belongs, behind the still pending

> tax-refund for the 12 missing days in september 1752 ?


The calendar-change legislation took care of that by moving the end date
of the tax year from the traditional quarter-day of March 25th to April 6th.

Sadly, there was no Hansard yet to record the moment when the Lords
realised they would lose 12 days worth of rent otherwise.

David


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