... which been removed since then—a reduction from the fourpenny to the penny stamp—a reduction of paper duty —Ube establishment of a penny poet—and the abolition of the advertisement duty, hwl all taken place since he had a publisher, and were all very great ...

... illustration of this fact from some men of such • stamp — men, however, who seem to have as much notion of public policy as a pig has of algebra. The occasion was Mr Moncriers new bill for the abolition of University Testa, the scene • quasi public meeting ...

... thousand million dollars, and purged from its curse of slavery, is, the Tines team, the dream of • weak man. It is men of this stamp who are commonly the last of their order. The Morning Post says :— The Message lacks the bravado with which he has been hitherto ...

... management of the metropolis, trusts that the health and prosperity of this great city will thereby be promoted. The abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers wit tend to diffese useful information among the poorer of her Majesty's subjects. The principle ...

... whisper, to protest. Coming down from that time to this, take all the other measures which folios. ed the abolition at the Corn-laws—the abolition of the monopoly in sugar. It is capable of the most distinct proof that in one year-1840---the people of ...

... the certificate duty to be reduced from £l 2 and £8 to £4 and /Mend the duty on articles of elerkship from £l2O to £BO. Advertisement duties to be reduced from Is 6d to 6d, and, instead of taking off the balance, to take off the stamp upon newspaper ...

... were carried round bearing the well known verse, Ephniim reign nations. Should either Power lineman an inland duty on any article, a heliport duty V a ll i 110 1 f Uttsh shall as surance , ' t i.:ll impeee.l raloren payable in France or Algeria. ill; all ...

... subject, the thing has not fallen to the ground without result. The Committee recommend two practical measures—the abolition of the penny stamp now affixed to each newspaper sheet, and the conference of a limited copyright on whatever appears in the columns ...

... were pursued. At first the differentiil duty upon brandy was abolished, surrendering £446.000, but in July the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the revenue to £46,003 only, whilst the increased duties on the other spirits made an actual increase ...

... and to ch arge duty of 1 per cent, on all railway receipts, including those for goods' traffic—to reduce the income-tax to 4d per £l, and the duty by 50 per cent. With regard to the stamp duties, he proposes to abolish the progrmaive duty, ...

... Control, and giving to the department a permanent Secretary; the other, a proposal of Sir John Pakington's, for the abolition of the duty on salt—a long standing grievance though lately modified. It wrought in this way:— The original cant of salt to the ...

... oaths new clause repealing the stamp duties on appointments. Mr protested the manner in which this change was being made, without notice or explanation in the financial statements. He con, plumed strongly of the stamp duty on such appointments as Lord- ...