... ability in support of his views, and submitted petition to parliament praying for the abolition of the duty on paper, on advertisements, and the reduction of the penny stamp on newspapers a halfpenny. He concluded by moving that the petition be adopted, that ...

... and on articles of apprenticeship from 120/. to Reduction of advertisement duty from Is. 6d. 6d., and abolition of stamp duties upon newspaper supplements Reduction of duty on hackney carriages from Is. fid. to Is. per day 26.000 ASSESSED ...

... own must convict tto m to their Master, aad of failjng in their duty towards His little ouee. if thev not strive unceasingly, by individual effort and by co-opemti m mUI they have stamped out the unholy thing.—l yuurs laithfolly, Oxford, May 22nd. 18J* ...

... excise duty on paper; its abolition would, by manufacturing competition, reduce the market value of paper much more than the duty per lb., as did the abolition of the duty on printed paper, or paper hangings. Secondly, retain the penny ...

... THE DUTY Olt NEWSPAPERS. A return has been issued of the aggregate number of newspaper stamps at Id. issued to newspapers in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland from the Ist of July to the 314 of December, 1855. England, 15,498,094 Wales, 193,860; Scotland ...

... Newspaper Stamp. In answer to a question from Mr. Cowan, Mr. Wilson announced that the bill for altering the law of the press and removing the newspaper stamp duty would proceeded with as rapidly as possible, so that the abolition might take effect from ...

... MR. COLERIDGE’S UNIVERSITY TESTS ABOLITION BILL. A largely-attended and influential public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Buckingham, on Saturday, the Bishop of Oxford in the chair. Among others present were—the Bishop of Perth (Australia), J. G. ...

... DUTY UPON FIRE INSURANCES. The subject of the abolition of the duty upon Vire Insurances is one which has been frequently before the public. Many attempts have been made to get it done away with, and both Parliament and in the press it has been over and ...

... the day. The re|>eal of this duty would slmplfy the labours of the revenue officers, and would be accompanied by the abolition of the impressed stamp on newspapers, and the introduction of an Intermediate lid. postage-stamp. proposed alter the system of ...

... inauspicious circumstances, having obtained as an instalment the abolition id the stamp duty on newspapers, seemed now about to be crowned with success by the total repeal of the paper duties (applause). That desirable end was in no slight degree to be ...

... THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. Oor readers will recollect that, before the recess, it was molved by the House of Commons, that the laws in reference to the periodical press and newspaper stamp are illdefined and unequally enforced, and that the subject demands ...

... THE THIRD VOTE OF CENSURE. THE DEBATE NEGATIVED. Sines the division on the Bill for the Abolition of the Corn Laws, described by Mr. Disraeli in a famous passage, no such remarkable scene has taken place as that which recently passed before the eyes of ...