... the abolition of those lows. Mr. t.ki.,tun, the secretary, read letters from Profeescr t.t.er/y, Mr. IL Compton, and Mr. Frederic Harr :sin entire', approving the object of the meetit.g. Mr. Wright, one of the counsel who defended the men at the late ...

... (pima. The arguments and reasons inlnyour of the total abolition, rather than the partial reduction, of duties, whether of excise or enwohis, do not extend to any that eau in collected by stamps. Stamp ditties are collected at the least possible expense ...

... dictates of common sense alike point to some fusion of the duties of the Inland Bayonne Department The chairman of the Board of Inland Revalue has desolated that if an office for the sale of stamps and the repaint of revenue were established in every teen ...

... yielding duty was 52,4 e, as compared with 51,441 in prior year. Large estates influenced, more than usual, the year's receipt, for no less than 15 personal estates exceeding £500,000 paid duty, as contrasted with nine in 1892-93. Estate Duty.—See above ...

... . Army (not including abolition of plu , °ham) 14,824,000 Navy 9,508,000 Civil Service . . 10,652,000 Sevens. departments 2,821,000 Post-office 2,610,000 Telegraph. 500,000 Packet Berrien 1,135,000 Abolition of porch 853,000 Total ...

... 31n. FswczyT, it is said, intends to introduce a special stamp, instead of the ordinary penny postage stamp, for placing on the shilling savings bank forms, as it is found that thefts of stamps are not infrequently made for the purpose of banking them ...

... land question. IS regard to the stamp duty on life Jammu* policies of small amount, it is announsid that the Chancellor of the Fachequar has intimated that he has directed that in the act consolidating the stamp duties, which is la course of preparation ...

... an active part in urging upon Parliament, and in other ways promoting the repeal of those obnoxious duties—the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the tax upon the production of paper, and his grea t public services in this respect were recognised ...

... to fourpence—an experiment which will cost £1,230,000, and to remit half the duty upon sugar, which will absorb £3,998,000. The balance is to be appropriated to the abolition of several small taxes which press grievously on the shoulders of poor traders ...

... and sd. postage stamps and 2d. port cards. The d. stamp biers the Queen's head on one half and a on the other, while on the sd. stamp are combined the Queen's head, the Australian cost of arms, the southern errs, and ferns. The stamp on the poet - card ...

... South Walee has instructed Sir Julian Salomon to protest spinet the increased wine duties proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and spinet the increased stamp duties on Colonial Stock. IT ie stated that about £lOOO a day is spent in telev‘phic misses ...

... allowed in connection with the succession duty, that tax on realty, even when the rate was raised as proposed by the Budget, would still contribute 50 per cent. less than was raised from personalty by the legacy duties. At an early date the two classes of ...