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MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... still further the principle of the unification. of 'stamps adopted in the abolition of the receipt sitamop. It is new intended to abolish the distinctive telegraph stamp, making ordinary postage stamps available for this service. Tsssisnsa Accinner TO A ...

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... five had-a stamp of £4500;. three had n stamp of £5250; one administration had a stanmp of £5625 one probate a -stamp of £'7500; :oue a stamp of £990; one a stamp,' £10,500, one a stamp bf '£12,000;, ohn a ...

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... free and che'ap pines, were undoubtedly the hcavy taxes placed upon it in the shape of stamp and -advertisement duties sod the paper duty. In Great Britain the stamp duty was 4d on each newspaper, subject to a discount, and the advertisement ...

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... the mercy of God, and supplicate his gracions providence to avert the increase or continuance of such judgments. This is the duty that is this day required of us, and, without it, in vain are all the eounsels of man for the deliver- ance of our countrymen ...

LITERATURE

... Mr Jones holds that the men of whom he here writes have not stifled the still small voice of conscience amid the cares and duties of a busy life. They have attained t their high stations through a splendid t endeavour-by their own tireless industry, unswerving ...

LITERATURE

... is that the dock- owner having supplied the staging, there was a duty on him to supply v, fit staging, and that the plaintiff was justified in relying upon his discharge of his duty, without further inquiry. There wasthus no human agency intervening ...

NEW BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... be quoted as a pample of the spirit in which hie carried out all his duties:-- Parochial visiting should be seriously accepted snd taken in hand as an integral portion of the duties of the parish priest, and a definite portion of the weeek's hours should ...

LITERATURE

... him with many of the new ideas of the day, She became the wife of Thomas Clarleson, the founder of the society for the abolition of slavery. Mr Robinson describes Mrs Clarkson as the most eloquent woman he ever met, with the single exception of Madame ...

LITERATURE

... personal right in land by survivance, the abolition of certain formal re- quirements in the execution of deeds, the . remedies provided for cases where writs have r been informally attested, and the abolition of I the distinction between heritage and ...

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... belief is involuntary, that conviction, no matter what its nature, is the only criterion of duty, and conse- quently that each individual's conception of his duty lies beyond his own responsibi- lity; but the inerit of his walk depends upon how far his ...

NEW BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... being published by M4essrs L. Upcott Gill, c 170 Strand, London. The work xS profusely I illustrated wvith examples of the stamps. The Cowes Number of the Yacm/tsman f (London: 143 Strand) is full of excellent read- t ing in reference to the big events ...

LITERATURE

... manufacture of gnnpowder, of p the control over the liquor traffic, over import f, and export duties, and over the system of a veights and measures. It levies no stamp dunties and no direct taxes, bat receives the t Customs revenue. It alone can legislate upon ...