... REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON NEWS- PAPER STAMPS. ?? The following are the* opinions of some of the prin cipal Scotch papers as to the expediency of continuing the newspaper stamp duty : — (From the Scotsman of July 30.) A change which would ...

... 243 miles more than were opened at the corresponding period of 1854 | The Post-office and the Nbwspapers.—The abolition of the stamp duties on newspapers and the snbsti- tutiou of a postage charge have caused a decrease of about one-fourth in .the number ...

... of the duty. eijß'i •■ if all re nt legislation had beeu to show a tedu -ion of taxatija »..s invariably followed in r. f revenue, an-i there was no reason to ! .- the duty on ur .■ insurance would form ■;t pi • .tho rule. Ihe history of the duty placed ...

... gentleman, they ! made a jreneral case of their complaint against the present j mileage duties. Since then, however, the trade met, and j took into consideration how those duties might be modified without loss to the revenue, and with benefit to themselves. The ...

... apparently had his duties extensively increased, and one thing he had now been charged with was the duty of pre- paring the estimates. But if he turned to the duties of the Financial Secretary, he found that he was charged with the duty of ?? the estimates ...

... applied equally to all oth;-r Customs duties as well as to the tea duties, namely, that the sauie duty wus levied upon all articles irrespective of quality. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. BLANE then proposed that the duty on tea should be 4d. per chest of ...

... the proprietor of the Border Advertiser, in favour of a halfpenny stamp on newspapers; by Mr. Brotiiektox, from the inhabitants of Rasen, Lin- colnshire, for the abolition of mileage duties on public con- veyances—from inhabitants in Glamorganshire, against ...

... Harbours Transfer— Bill to transfer from the Admiralty to the Board ot Trade powers and duties relative to certain harbours. lords. Cecil -On second real ing of Tests Abolition (Oxford) Bill to move ?? it be read a second time upon tbis day six months. Viscount ...

... bill comes into force at 15,0000*. M. Segris, the Minister of Finance, stated before j the Stamp Committee that he was in favour of the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers, I anel the substitution of an increase of two cen- I times for the postal ...

... 70,000 weekly, Douglas Jerrold became editor. The abolition of the advertisement duty in 1833 quickly doubled the receipts from that- source ; aud when two years later the taking otr of the stump duty enabled the paper to be reduced to 2d. there was a ...

... Commerce, Stamp Duties on Bills of Exchange, Postage to France, Gold Coinage, Patent Law, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, Income Tax (schedule D), Bankruptcy Act, 1869, Com- merce with Spain and Portugal, Allowances for Spoiled Stamps, Appointment ...

... the taxing oc- I curred at every step. There was the duty on the j paper, the duty of 1 s. 6d. upon each advertisement, and | the stamp duty of a penny upon each copy printed. j The advertisement duty was peculiarly oppressive. The poor ...