... ant had arrived in Buena Ayres. The committee of congress is much praised for its readiness to recommend the abolition of the six per cent duty on wool ; this will lighten the sheep farmers of as impost of 200,0001. per &anew. Montevideo.—Business dull ...

... Hones or Commors.—Siessp Duties.-0o the motion of Mr. Ilimowr, a return was ordered of the senses of all the newspapers in the United Kingdom to whisk stamps were issued doting the year 11852, stating the ~umber of such stamps issued to gosh eewspoper; ...

... last and previous sessions, adverting to the diminution of the tea duty, the abolition of the soap duty and reduction in receipt stamps, the inerease in the Sootoh and Irish spirit duties, and the extension of the income tax to Ireland, and ...

... espies arising as each resolution was read. The report was eltlmately agreed to. Ifelespoper Stamp Duties e the order for gain into upon the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill, Mr. COWAN and Mr. BARROW offered some suggestions in favour of the repeal of the iotions ...

... bill ( ereoud reading) to the 31st inst., the settlement and poor removal bill (tecond reeding) until Friday nest, the stamp duties (committee) until hlonday, the 3rd of April. Income Tar.—The house having gone into committee of ways and means, The CHANCELLOR ...

... country at large. In the repeal of what have been called the taxes on knowledge. vii., the newspaper stamp. and advertisement duty. mid the excise duty on paper, was brought ab Hit through the exertione of Mr. Thomas Milner Gibson, at that. time the colleague ...

... body to co-operate in the efforts now making in various parte of the kingdom for their abolition. Among them were the duty on paper, the newspaper stamp duty, the duty on advertisements, on malt, and on soap. For himself, he thought it ...

... exceeding abusaable with the stamp duty of 2/. 55., the faced' ago of stamp duty in hen of the said duty now cisme. able thereon, that is to oaf, for *eery I,OOKIL, se part of 1,000(., of the =easy thereby made payable, the ...

... 070,000/ ; stamps (deducting 18 0 , 0 001. anticipated loss on news• paper stamps), 6,815,0001. ; land and assessed taxes, 2,920,0001. ; income tax, 13,505,000 f.; post-ofiloe, 1,150,0001.; increased postage of newspapers and and paper duty, 288,0001. ...

... equalised the stamp duty on various depressing' of business, reducing the amount paid ou some obtuse of traneutions and enbanciug that upon others. Vindicating the justice of the principle on which the tariff had been based, he submitted that the duty upon foreign ...

... the legislature and the public, our views and feelings on matters of public concernmeat — Have resolved, in discharge of our duty to the Holy Father, to our country, and to ourselves, on publishing the following declaration : Firstly, we declare, that while ...

... postponing the second reading for three months, which was negatived by 141 to 23. Stamp Duties.— le committee on the stamp duties (No. 2) bill, On the clause for altering the duty on newspaper supplements, Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the omission of ...