... the House that the paper-duty was not itself tax which should be maintained as a permanent source of revenue. The paper-duty laid on in the reign of Queen Anne, in conjunction with the advertisement and newspaper stamp duties, for the express purpose ...

... of the Newspaper Stamp Act, and the anomalies ana evasions that it occasions iu postal arrangements; to the unfair competition to which stamped newspapers arc exposed with unstamped publications ; to the limitation imposed the stamp upon the circulation ...

... inserted in committee: Whereas it expedient repeal the Stamp Duties on newspaper* and the Acts relating the printing and pt*b. of newspapers; and also expedient make further regulation of the Duties of Postage in re.*j«ect of prii ...

... deficiency. should be delighted to find some substitute for the parer duty, but yet he s»w none. admitted that the advertisement duty was heavy. If the House sanctioned the abolition of taxes i the amount uiib three hundred and three thou- ...

... decided hostility to the taxes on knowledge, and recommends the total abolition of The duty on Paper; The duty on Advertisements; The Penny Stamp Tax on Newspapers; And the Import duty on Foreign Books and publications. Addresses, each ...

... retribution comes. CHEAP KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. STAMP DUTY REPORT. We give, this an alwtract of the important report of the Select Committee, appolntctl inquire into the operation the stamp duties on newspapers, and comvler that a fcw word;*, by way ...

... the establishment of new ones, consequent on the abolition the stamp duty, would its short time, by the iusrease of the excise paper, more than make up the loss sustained by the repeal of the penny stamp. This will appear evident if we place the issues ...

... repeal of the duties paper, news, ami advertisements, was that thought the duty paper too large in amount to safely meddled with, but that the same objections did not exist to a modification of the newspaper stamp and advertisement duties, and that these ...

... first place, the abolition of the soap duty, ami considerable changes in the stamp duties, including a reduction of the duties ujuin life assurance, a uniform penny stamp for receipts and other instruments, the ...

... to England anti Scotland he had asked for Ir. land. the stamps, also, is to be considerable relief; receipt stamps are be abolished, Queen's-head franking a receipt it docs a letter. The stamp duty life assurance i« to be reduced ; and thnee attorneys’ ...

... rasolution proposed the Chancellor of inchequer was igree ...

... received the Scotch the equalisation of the duties. A differential duty had, however, been maintained in favour of Ireland. The only differential duty that remained between England and Ireland was this duty on spirits. Considering ail things, he was sure ...