... surplus. He proposed to reduce the duty on the letting of small tenements from stimn duty on appraisements to Sd. To reduce the L p Ecclesiastical licenses. To reduce the stamp on the Charter parties from 5s. to 6d. The duty on rZEW laf r,r t0 be '•eiU0TCd- ...

... apprenticeship from £ 120 to X80 50,000 Reduction of Advertisement-duty from Is. 6J. to 6d., and abolition of Stamp-duties upon news- paper advertisement supplements, 160,000 Reduction of duty on hackney-carriages from Is. 5d. to Is. per day ...

... man buys a stamped news' paper it is for the advantage of transmission; and these are all the stamps with which the poorer classes can come into contact, unless exceptionally. There may still be inequality between the different rates of stamps (though this ...

... NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—After a long discussion the House divided upon this question with the following results: For the first (proposing the abolition of the paper duty) 107 Against 195 For the second (proposing the abolition of the stamp ...

... markable. The Excise shows an increase of £ 352,101, notwithstanding the abolition of the duty on soap, the anticipation of which has led to a clearance of stocks. The sale of Stamps is once more disturbed by the pros- pect of remissions, but they nevertheless ...

... imjyressario of the Italian Opera at Paris, in the winter. Many of the best Parisian artisans arc emigrating from the city. The stamp duty in the Court of Chancery in the financial year ended the 31st of March last was ;e 110,185 13s. 4d. The Liverpool Recorder ...

... harvest, that in the very moderate duties still levied on it there is a decrease of £g,),OOD. The diminished duty on tea is answerable for .090,000, while there is a fall of £10,000 in the duty on tobacco, and £55,000 in the duty on wine. These losses are c ...

... re-lllIpurttlOl1 on payment of the uew duty of Sd. per cwt. Steps would be tiken by the Excioe fo prevPut such operations. TIIE STAMP DUTIES.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated that wheu the Successiun Duty Bill was disposed of, he should move the ...

... Perhaps the assertion is only made to have early orders. It is a strange fact that since the an- nouncement of the abolition of the duty on paper that article has risen in price, and itia with difficulty the whole- sale houses can fulfil orders. CARDIFF ...

... repeal of the duty of Is. a quarter upon foreign grain, and the total abolition of the fire insurauce duty from Midsummer next. Descending to minor proposals the right hon. gentleman said he also contem- plated the abolition of the duty on ...

... be read a third time to- morrow. STAMP DUTT—On the consideration of the Stamp Duties Rill as amended, the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (Saturday). SATURDAY. The Income-tax Bill and tbe Stamp Duties' Bill were read a ...

... SOCIETIES AND THE STAMP DUTIES. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. W. H. Smith, stated that a letter from the Inland Revenue office, intimating that checks drawn in behalf of building societies were liable to stamp duties, was not written ...