... cent, of legacy duty, and in respect of that 1 per cent. to add £ per cent, to the probate duty. As the legacy duty of 1 per cent, attaches to rather more than half the pro- perty subject to probate, the proposal to augment the probate duty by$per cent, ...

... was non-pclhiteal. Originally it was intended that the London coal duties should at I once cease. But on the discovery of certain old charters which atlected the question of abolition it was thought to be needful to provide for certain debts creatpd under ...

... streets within the borough. He also asserted that they had no authority to levy tolls at the Hafod turnpike, and it was the duty of the Corporation to give notice to them that the levying of tolls within the borough was contrary to their wish. Mr J. ROGERS ...

... streets within the borough. He also asserted that they had no authority to levy tolls at the Hafod turnpike, and it was the duty of the Corporation to give notice to them that the levying óf tolls within the Lorough was contrary to their wish. Mr J. ROGERS ...

... Commons. This Budget contained proposals for the abolition or reduction of numerous and vexa- tious small duties which remained even after Peel's colossal labours. The soap tax, the receipt stamp, the duty on life assurance, on indentures of apprenticeship ...

... Government will seek repressive measures. But the answer Liberals should give to any such demand is plain. It will be their duty to fight, as they would for liberty itself, against coercion. By speech and vote coercion must be resisted at all hazards. ...

... pension list of £32,324, Thoe L] Secretary's department has a pension-list of £16,008 a year. VNe hear a good ieal about the abolition of pensions-it is a legitimate e question whether pensions of all kinds E shouid not be abolished. A well-paid a official ...

... foregone conclusion and there are those who say that they were aware of a de- sire 011 the part of the bishop-designate for the duty and dignity of such an office. Be that as it may, it would seem that Archdeacon Lewis is indebted for the offer which has been ...

... contemporary is informed, to receive for the per- formance of all their official duties which are non-con- tentious, a salary of 96,000 per annum. As regards the contentious, duties of his office, and as regards his official attendance in the House of Lords ...

... little over a year since it became law, it was safe to say that never before was suoh an effort made by the Board of Trade to stamp out overwork. The general effect of the Act had been good, and it bad led to many important reductions in the hours formally ...

... marks Truth. The Inland Revenue authorities have awakened, to the legal fact that the City Li very Companies should pay stamp duties on the admission of free- men, and the Surveyor of Taxes is about to in- spect the books of the Livery guilds-au atten- ...

... the legacy duty rule in two points affecting the estate duty, first to enable an annuitant to pay the estate duty by instalments instead of, as he is obliged to now,by a lump sum, and secondly, with regard to the mode in which the estate duty is charged ...