... committees in the Corps Legislatif. With reference t) the press, the proposed changes woald consist in a lowering of the stamp duty, the abolition of the neces. sity for a Governmcnt authorisation, and, in cases ci offences against the press laws, the substitution ...

... ABOLITION OF THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. t THE CHfANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER was last night to propose resolutions in the House of (Coumnons a s preparatory to an abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers. We say the ...

... OBJECTIONS TO THE ABOLITION OF THE e NEWSPAPER STAMP ANSWERED. It andun andof IT would be a newv thing in the world, if the off sands interests fostered under a vicious system did not rise no ,'inactle utp to oppose its abolition. The Newspaper Stamp has Cli ...

... the stamp duty fifteen years since from 4d. to- and Id. The only plausible arguments in defence of the I men remaining newspaper stamp are, 1st, a financial neces- i and . sity requiring it, and 2nd, the partial compensation: upol made for the duty by ...

... T e IREDUCTION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT nI DUTY AND SUPPLEMENT STAMP. l WE have the satisfaction to state that the I CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in his amended resolutions, proposes entirely to remove the stamp duty Le ion Newspaper Supplements (ap to half ...

... THE NENSTWSPAPEPR STAMP. THE removal of the Stamp Duty oai News I papers, except for the purpose of Postage, has been decided by the House of Coummions. On Monday last the second reading of the Bill of the CHANCELLOR I OF THE EXCiHEQUER for that purpose ...

... repeals the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, buat allows the stamp to be attached I to those copies which are sent through the Post-office, as a means of paying the postage. The newspapers which do not pass through the post will henceforth require no stamp ; and as ...

... 200 years that the House of Lords should not meddle or interfere with questions of taxation. The question of the abolition of the paper duty was as nothing compared with the constitutional question involved, With respect to the constitution, it was, as ...

... claiming the duty on third-chlss passengers conveyed ini fast trains, which, in the opinion of the Association, the Legislature did not contemzplate should be charged. As Mir. Gladstone was aware, the earlier Acts of Parliament imposed duties on stage car- ...

... shows an increase in this branch of revenue, and the year one of £965,77S. The abolition of the Newspaper Stamp is the main cause of the reduction under the head of Stamps. The falling off in the Post Office receipts and in the Assessed Taxes is easily ...

... Bill. The same year, and on other occasions since, he voted against Sir John TrolawnL's Church-rate Abolition Bill. In 1859, He voted against the Abolition of the Annuity Tax (Scot- land) Bill, The sameyyear, he voted against Lord John Roqsell's Amend- ment ...

... yielded £1,902,787, all other items (except House Duty) showing Decreases. The decrease of £1,004,750 in stamps is stated to have been chiefly due to the decline in the receipt of legacy and succes- sion duties as compared with the very large receipt in 1892-93 ...