... cultivation, in even the minor ffirm . l hfetorical g»ace and emphasis, would to ms comparative youth and inexperience would stamp absurdity upon the very face which no one could more siniiTZ lnd, y repudiate than himself. But of • * system of y and musty ...

... the Customs is accounted for the substitution, on Ist of last February, of a nominal duty for a sliding scale duties on corn, and by the reduction of the sugar duties on the sth of July. The department of the Customs, however, shows a marked increase in ...

... meeting was addressed several speakers, after which resolutions condemn itory of Free Trade were adopted. The Sunday Post Office Duties.—The following official notice has been issued by the command of the Postmaster-General f the instruction all postmasters ...

... the present low prices of corn and live stock are not wholly caused by the abolition of the dutes on those articles of consumption; for, when the last sliding scale of duties was in operation, the price of corn was as low and lower than at the present ...

... to pay the duty, not only on the books which they buy, but also those that remain unsold. At a meeting of paper-makers and publishers held in Edinburgh last week, to protest against the paper duty, Mr. William Chambers stated that the duty paper imposed ...

... Receipt Stamp Duty. —At their last meeting, the Town- Council of Edinburgh resolved to petition Parliament for the abolition of stamp receipts on all sums under £lOO, and failing this, that Government would adopt the system of penny receipt ...

... country is entitled to all credit for disinterestedness in advocating ihe abolition of advertisement duty and stamp duty on newspapers. There can be little doubt that such an abolition would have the effect of throwing the trade open to ...

... TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE-THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. Ir is truly gratifying to observe that the question of the abolition of the advertisement duty has been taken up by those who are willing and competent to deal with it. An incubus upon commerce and industry, ...

... Dublin. on Friday, for London. Meanwliile the rumour, originating with the London military journals, with respect to the abolition of the Irish Court, has many believers here, and some go so far as to say that a bill is arttudly drawn up soil will shortly ...

... calculated, in the meantime, to afford some compensation for the great losses which, it is alleged, they have sustained by the abolition of the Corn Laws. The first of the series was brought before the House of Commons last week Mr. DTsraeu. Its avowed object ...

... praying for the reduction of the duty on tea. Sir D. Dundas presented petition from Sutherlandshire in favour of the Marriage Bill. Macgregor give notice of his intention on an early day, to move the abolition of the stamp duties docu' 8 °t lad Dg ' charter ...

... ever be re-enacted to limit the supply of food to enable them to pay present rents; for unless the re-imposition of import duties did lessen the supply of food, the price of produce could not be raised. Therefore, the sooner that the tenant-farmers discharge ...