... —( Roars of laughter.) ABOLITION OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. Lord J. Russell gave notice that on the of May he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to create a Secretary State for Ireland, with view to the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy ...

... the equalisation of the spirit duties, but the effect on illicit distillation must be carefully watched. The stamp duties, he thought, had been overestimated. Mr Fagan objected to the increase in the Irish spirit duties, and said certainly would not followed ...

... what their contents might be; and insteat of a general abolition of the duty, he proposed to remove it from a single supplement only, treating the question less with regard to the removal of stamps from supplements than as an enlargement of newspaper space ...

... 628, owing to the increased malt and spirit duties. On the other hand, the stamps have decreased on the year by £297,717, which has been mainly canned by the alteration of the law respecting newspaper stamps. On the whole, there Can be no doubt that the ...

... other reductions and abolitions, the duties on tea and auger ere remain until July 1861, a tax of Id. per lockage is to be levied on all goods exported and imported, a charge is to be made on operations in Bonded Warehouses ; stamps of Id. on Brokers' notes ...

... except that more than half of the total receipts from the duty on stage carriages is collected in London. Under the head of Stamps, it is stated that the average receipts from the Succession Duty have as yet not exceeded £500,000, but it is believed that ...

... for bringing the bill, 129; against lmiiistnous^and Provident Societies Bill and other hills were advanced stage, and the Stamp Duties Act TbcT?lscr.ni.o.i of the ExcHnauEß brought bill founded do his resolution, and the House adjourned quarter pa«t tea ...

... article finds voice, which cries out to its relief is the one thing needful. newspaper stamps, papei, windows, tea, timber, attornies’ certificates, bricks duties, malt, &c,, &c. Each makes out claims, and a refusal seems monstrous, what is a million ...

... prudent, he will propose to repeal the Advertisement Duty altogether. The reduction of the Duty on Life Assurance will be great public advantage ; the abolition of 123 and the mitigation of 133 duties on articles included in the Customs' tariff will be ...

... In anewer to Sir J. Labbock. The Cuancettor of the said it was not intended in the propored abolition of exemp- tions for Stamp Duty to include the printed stamp banking houses atfix to bills of exchange. THE NORWEGIAN DIFFICULTY. Colonel Howanp Vincent ...

... readily guess what I am about to propose—the abolition of the excise duty on paper. (Cheers.) The paper duty isin many re- duty, and I will show presently that it is (Hear, hear.) In the first place, as a uniform duty on a very variable ...

... foreign underwriters, who have no such tax to pay. The argument in favour of abolition which seems most likely to have weight is the very small amount realised by the stamp. In last year’s return it figured for no more than £153,690, of which England ...