... down their circulation could equal the imposition of a heavy stamp and advertisement duty—the first necessarily raising the price of the sheet above the means of the 00•210011 people, and the duty on advertisements destroying all chaser of any great success ...

... 000 on the year, the total amount being £18,047,000 against £19,492,000. This result is, of course, owing to the abolition of the Paper-duty, which amounted to something like the differentia between the two some. The surrender of this coneiderable source ...

... manner deals directly with the Government—as, for instance, in the of the penny receipt stamp or even the penny letter stamp. But the c i-e of the newspaper stamp is radically different- -it forme not the whole, but only shout ta filth of the cost of ...

... to bring in • Bill for the abolition of Church-rates. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES. In answer to Mr Deedes, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he had originally intended to move for • second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill on Monday next; but, on ...

... right hon. gentleman said there appeared to be a belief that the Laud Act of 1.570 required large amendments. It would be the duty or the Government carefully to examine the condition of the law, and if they believed its provisions were insufficient, they ...

... the Registrar's- Bill, referred, on the motion of Mr Henley, to a select committee; various defeats and surrenders on the Stamp Duties Bill; the vote of the Lords, on the motion of Lord ?owls, against the union of the common and the episcopal fund; the narrow ...

... taxation may be stated as follows: EXCISE. Abolition of the soap tax, £1,126,000 STAMPS. Reduction of the duty on life assurance from 2s 6d per cent. to 61 per cent. 29,000 Reduction of receipt stamps from the present scale, ranging from 31 to ...

... advertisement duty. But to it was. Your readers will remember that in April last, and before the budget was introduced, Mr Milner Gibson carried • vote in opposition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, recommending the abolition of the Is 6d duty on advertisements ...

... before there was a great Increase in the deliveries; end as in cam of rises in the duties, the revenue 111 d not recovered for the first year. He believed that the duty-paid stocks would be soon exhausted, and that the revenue would rapidly show its ordinary ...

... £19,500,000 rise receipts were set down as £27.740,000, have realised £27,326,000; stamps estimated at £10,0100,000 hive produced £11,002,003; Land tax amt house duty, supposed to be worth £2,450,000 to the revenue, have yielded C 2,496,000 ; l'roperty ...

... to impose a duty upoa oartiers' carts of half the amount now pail by carriages and omnibuses. Fifth—He proposes that, instead of a duty of 5 per cent. on Railway Companies with exemptions favour of excursion traffic, there should be* duty of Si per cent ...

... of Richmond's motion implying a vote of censure on Government for the assumption of the Royal prerogative to procure the abolition of purchase in the army. This vindication of the dignity of the Upper House does not in the smallest degree affect the ...