... full extent of the portico. Six large branch pipes have been fitted up. THE POST-OFFICE AND THE NEWSPAPERS.—The abolition of the stamp duties on newspapers and the substitution 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 every day- pass through the Post-office, and that the average weight of each is not less than three ounces, since the abolition of the stamp duty ...

... the corn-laws, enumerating the imposi- tion of a tax upon the succession to real property, the abolition of the advertisement duty and the newspaper stamp; and several measures which he had supported by his vote, .and sometimes by his voice, some of which ...

... income he proposed to equalise the duties on Irish and British spirits, abolishing the only remaining differential duty still existing in the sister isle. The only new tax which he should suggest was a small stamp duty of one penny on bankers' cheques, ...

... of the metropolitan districts within six miles of Charing-cross, a relief, from the abolition of turnpike-gates and toll-bars. The motion was agreed to. The STAMP DUTY ON DRAFTS BILL was read a third time and passed, and the house adjourned at half- past ...

... found their way into his warehouse which never would have been in his estab- lishment had there been no paper duty. The abolition of the paper duty would not only enable proprietors to give a better paper, but it would also enable them to pay a more adequate ...

... rendering necessary an undue amount of capital for the manufacture of the taxed articles. After noticing the abolition of late years of the duties on various manufac- tured articles, he said it was true that the newspaper did not pay at its present price ...

... news- paper stamp. The following duties have been materially re- duced or abolished:—Tea, sugar, bread, dried fruits, shoes and clothes, hats and caps, timber for building or furniture, the postage of letters, the stamp on newspapers, and the duty on adver- ...

... what had been the result t when the paper duty was last reduced. Previous to 1836 ) the duty on first-class paper was 3d. per IK, and on second-class paper 1tn. per lb.; and in 1836 it was P equalised, the duty bein? fixpd at ljd. per lb. In 1836 the ...

... your master class (hear, hear). I laboured with earnest men to strike the stamp from newspapers, and to establish a free press, and I am told that since the abolition of that stamp 300 cheap newspapers have sprung into life, con- veying information on every ...

... has been held in Southwark, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain a repeal of the Water- men's Company's Act. The stamp duty on fire insurance, in the ear ended March last, was no less than £ 1,356,069. The Lord Chancellor has just been pleased ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL.—Mr. ÐILL- WYN, in the absence of Sir John Trelawney from ill health, moved the second reading of the Billt for the Abolition of Church Rates.—Mr. Du CANE moved as an amendment that the ...