... Committee on the Stamp Duties Commo ?? __e_ 1. ?? I_ tit Bill. The measure itself seemed to meet with much dis- favour in many quarters; but it -was submitted to and carried. until the clause regulating the ad valarem scale of duties wasproposed. The ...

... being now unavoidably carried post free; seeing, in short, that in many cases the stamp is paid whore no postal advantages are received, and in other eases thie stamp is not paid where postal advantages are obtained, your coimmittee are of opinion that ...

... us circumstances, and, having obtained as an in- stalnent the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers, seemed now about to be crowned with success by the total repeal of the paper duties. (Auplause.) That desirable end was in no slight degree to be ...

... has been directed against the n present system. They must also know that the stamp duty is n the postage of thenewspaper, prepaid in that form, and ena- bling the stamped sheet to pass free by post any number of ), times, and s'o to travel to the farthest ...

... on the repeal of the paper duty, consequent upon the motion of Sir Wm. Miles, the committee of the above association would respectfully subtmit the fol- lowing ?? to Ojeectloih to the Rcpgre. 1. That the abolition of the duty will cause a rise in the price ...

... themselves. .When they sec ,ask for the abolition of the penny stamp. in the name i of the public, I ask what will the public get by it ? evi It would he Pure fudge at this time to endeavour to Ou1 separate thle penny stamp from the privilege of postage. ex( ...

... accurate in his calculations. IThe loss by the abolition of the Customs' duties is set down F in the gross at £1,440,000 or £910,000 net; and he winds up r the whole by the abolition, of the paper duties at the net sum of £990,000 for the present year ...

... NEWSPAPER STAMP RETURNS FOR GLASGOW. I A return, procured on the motion of 3Mr. Craufurd, the member for the Ayr Burghs, has just been printed, showing the number of stamps issued to each newspaper in each quarter since the abolition of the compulsory ...

... barrier in the way of difftsion. But, argues thb Re- port, the abolition of the stamp would allow eheap papers for the labouring classes. No papers could be made cheaper by the abolition, save that portion purchased on the spot of publication, and (by ...

... Licence duty foot-hawkers,n 31,000 Duty on soap and paper makers, gold workers, &c., 6,000 Reductions of stamp duties, . 200,000 Loss on change in newspaper stamp, .. ?? .. ?? 50,000 Penny off the Income-tax, ?? 1,320,000 Reduction of sugar ...

... of course, the paper duty, but besides that he either was the IU mover in Parhament for the removal of the stamp duty, or ,m he was one of those who took a very active part ia its aboli- tion. The same remark applies to the abolition of the adver- -of oz ...

... and before it can be stamped a formal pro- cess of application must be gone through, involving annoyance, risk, and an amount of expense which, in the caste of pol1icies of eail value, is often as much as the original stamp duty. The committee also object ...