... ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON PAPER. \ — -» DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. On Saturday a deputation of members of Parliament, paper manufacturers, and others interested in the removal of the duty on paper, waited, hy appointment, upon the Chancel- ...

... the government for the repeal of the paper duty, if they connected it with the other two subjects. The parties who were endeavouring to obtain a repeal of the newspaper stamp duty and the advertisement duty were considered to be connected with a particular ...

... annum. Taking the re- turn of stamps for newspapers in the United King- dom at ninety millions, and calculating each sheet at fivepence, the amount expended on the issue of news- papers was 1,500,000/. Should the stamp duty be taken off, he believed that ...

... likewise for the repeal of the duty on advertisements, and the abolition of the newspaper stamp. So general a measure at the pre- sent time would be acceptable to a certain extreme section of politicians ; but the characteristic of the present move- ment ...

... of publishing (but not transmit- j F ting) news, stamp free, was found to be remunerative. All i the witnesses conversant with the newspaper press who have ' advocated the abolition of the stamp duty, have admitted ; } the necessity for some legal ...

... THE NEWSPAPER STAMP the Liverpool Courier.) A few years ago, the newspaper stamp duty was Id ■ it i 3 now Id. ; and a parliamentary committee has recommended the abolition of this slight remaining impost, in the con- clusion of their report upon the subject ...

... , them bably be a total abolition of the stamp ?? . I beg to offer a suggestion for sup; ?? thus occasioned to the revenue— Let _!i * by fire be taxed in a certain amount per ?? 4 total realised by their insiran ?? BJTtW . public would be relieved of ...

... newspapers have an interest in the maintenance ofthe stamp, and would be injured by its abolition. Were these views correct, they could not be considered to furnish a good ground for retaining the stamp if the public interests required its repeal ; but your ...

... the pressure of the paper duty. Here was a direct loss to the revenue, for the amount of the stamp and advertisement duty on this second impression would have yielded an amount to the revenue double that of the amount of the duty on the paper of both. The ...

... recommending th_ abolition feel more convinced than ever that ,: post would be neither a boon to om- it would prove most, injurious to ncwspa their characti r, and rendering tin i There are mar. jrouni'.s ; ■ n ' rhe newspaper stamp-duty can be jS In order the ...

... which they bad battled— the advertisement duty, the compulsory stamp on newspapers, and the paper fluty, only one now remained. (Loud cbeers.) The adver- tisement duty bad fallen in the fight, the newspaper stamp had been abolished, but the Association ...

... they wanted a total abolition of tl-e duty. Tlit ?? wallt rlie total abolition of the duty ; but i hey only refrain _ rou * complaints as to the Excise re- J gulations, because they u_ nie - ere * on S> to get rid of the J duty and ?? E ...