... collection of the paper duty, are quite as numerous as those which for many years it was engaged in exposing, as connected with the advertisement duty and the newspapet stamp, Nothing will tend so much to the abolition of the paper duty, as ...

... full extent of the portico. Six large branch pipes haveiecn fitted up. Tue Post-orFice AND THE NEwsparers.—The abolition of the stamp duties on newspapers and the substitation of a postage charge have caused a decrease of about one-fourth in the number ...

... the duty. When it is borne in mind that not less than 71,000,000 of newspapers per annum—or about 200,000 27 daypass through the Post-office, and that the average weighbt of each is not less than three ounces, since the abolition of the stamp duty, and ...

... the last fivd® years, and it is not the least pleasing feature of this gift that e wih Wik be Bas sl slony disbaryd the w! duties of his office. The donor, Mr Williamson, is one of the partners of the well-known Liverpool firm of Messrs Balfour, Williamson ...