... the deficiency. He should obliged find some substitute for the paper duty, but as yet saw none, lie 1 that the sdvertisement duty was heavy, but if the house sanctioned the abolition of taxes to the amount of £7,303.000, they might at once abolish the ...

... printed paid a duty of 1 d. per pound. each copy issued a stamp duty of Id., and each miter a taz of Is t . the p ices was necessarily high, and the circulation - as compared with the neurspapei a of to day - small. With the abolition of the -tares on ...

... Exchequer. The Board of Customs has now become a much less important department than it used to be, through the abolition of so many of the duties that used to be chargeable on imports and the reduction of others, for which we have in a great measure to thank ...

... small tax !, n ] There demand fur repeal the a,i v 1 tiscnicnt Duty, and as the tax yields litt| ' j its abolition would benefit to trade. , - possihlc it may l*c acceded to. fo i ny stamp newspaper*, still think it is more than an equivalent for the BenfiJ ...

... and partly on account of all d the public, stoutly remonstrate against the abolition the z of the impressed stamp, and are not propitiated by the debo repeal of the paper duty, which will go chiefly into Lord the pockets of the paper manufacturers, and ...

... course to be taken those who are accountable for payment of duty in respect of any succession, Mr. Mullins moved the omission of the provision that if the duty assessed should exceed the duty assessable according to tbe returns made to the Commissioners ...

... , pie's Journal the advertisement duty and the compulsory impressed stamp on newspapers had been abolished. The duty of one shilling and sixpence on each advertisement was swept sway in 1853, and the compulsory stamp shared a similar fate in 1&63. These ...

... the import duties, it will be impossible to protect the public from this P ndescription of fraud. L i STAMPS. s The gross receipt for stamps for the year was 28,247,342, E e while for 1857 it was £7,695,042. In regard to newspaper S n stamps, after noticing ...

... repeal of the taxes knowledge. The motion for the repeal of the paper duty was lost to 197—that for the repeal of the newspaper stamp, 199 to that for the repeal of the advertisement duty 181 to 116. ...

... when they come to be introduced. It stated, however, that one them will be the abolition of the impressed . stamp on newspapers, and tbe substitution a .halfpenny adhesive stamp, which will cover the postage newspapers weighing less than four •ounces. This ...

... The eretext that the licence duty is an equivalent for the lop duty is perfectly idle, although it has some histories' foondstka. It is true that Mr. Gladstone Imposed the limes tax when be removed the iteciso and Custom duties on hops ; but other remissions ...

... and tea a duties ; resorting to 9d in the pound income tax, I' and foregoing all attempts to relieve the public of b the more pressing items of taxation. The second, to A give up the war duties on tea and sugar, retaining only e peace duties, and fall ...