... London Chamber of Commerce, in favour of the immediate abolition of the duties upon gold and silver plate, and a thorough reform of the laws relating to compulsory hall-marking. Ref erring to the duty question, the petition is as follows : That your petitioners ...

... by the abolition of the Income Tax. Butit is probably from the assimilation of the succession and the legacy duties that Mr. Gladstone will derive most of his new revenue. There can be no just reason why a person inheriting money should pay duty on the ...

... an active part in urging upon Parliament, and in other ways promoting the repeal of those obnoxious duties—the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the tax upon the production of paper, and his great public services In this respect were recognised ...

... a beer duty for the duty on malt and certain other duties connected with the manufacture of beer that had previously existed. The object of the right. hon. gentleman was to place such a tax on beer as would be a full equivalent for the duties abolished ...

... protect the corn duty, s taxes on locomotion, fire insurance duty, imposed stamp on newspapers, several trade licenses, hair powder and hotel servants. The taxes reduced were sugar, which 'Jose exceeded £4,000,000 ; sundry stamp duties, ...

... prosperous papers were disturbed and harassed when the stamps and duties were remitted. The Tory party unconsciously rejected the means of their own education by rejecting the roped of the paper duty. Then, again, it was said that if church rates were abolished ...

... ; when he bought his clothing, of free trade ; when he read his newspaper, of the repeal of the paper duty and of the abolition of the newspaper stamp ; when he pent his child to rohool, of the efforts of the Liberal party 1870 ; and when he saw that child ...

... a Bill was rushed through Parliament for the slaughter of diseased cattle, and compensation the owners, ami the plague was stamp*d out less than twelve months. (Hear, bear.) This led to the construction of the Board of Agriculture. (Applause.) He thought ...

... to understand that the increase referred to and the increase of duties had arisen either immediately before or since the appointment of assistant matron. . . . He did not we that the duties had increased at all. LPL theta look at the statistics constantly ...

... acknowledge our debt. In 1835, be point■ out, no such thing as a truly free press existed Besides the stamp, which was then fourpenoe, there was a duty on the weight of the printed paper, which amounted to threepence ; and also an impost of three shillings ...

... fonu. that the busy public may knew exactly which section of the counter to apply for stamp*, for pootal order*, post office orders, bankbooks, marriage licence stamp*, &c. &c., and last but not least, the proper point at which to present telegrams, which ...

... Bill, my lady. There ain't no pride about himhell let you. &ass A druggist's shop ; Sunday evening. Swell Youth : A postage stamp, please. Druggist: We don't keep that kin' o' sticking plaister ! Ir the Lord Met Justice felt, in proportion to his place ...