... give it the same chance as the hop duty, or the malt tax; but it is not so intrinsically bad, that even with a falling revenuo we could honestly and sincerely desire its abolition. We could take that course with the duty .on advertisements, although the ...

... supposition that the stamps are halfpennies; but on double stamps the charge is one penny, and the saving must be £30,000 to £40,000 annually; an atrocious gift—so like a bribe it is. The abolition of the tax on soap, and the reduction of the duty on tea, arc ...

... certificate duty to be reduced from 12/. and 8/. to 01. and 6/., and the duty on articles of clerkship from 120/. to 80/. Advertisement duties to be reduced from Is. 6d. to 6d., and, instead of taking off the balance, to take off the stamp upon newspaper ...

... were, on se average, very slightly reduced. As the soap duty is partly paid for the year, the nett loss will be £771,000 for the current year. The following reductions are also proposed: The stamp on Assurance from 2s. 6d. to 6d. per cent. The reduction ...

... Yon expressed a fear that the - removal of the Stamp would lead the public to patronize inferior papers P A. YEs ! Q. 2226. Whatever was done with the Stamp on the Paper itself, yon think hat the Stamp on the Supplement decidedly onght to come off? A ...

... from an important branch of trade, which supervision alone, independently of the duty levied, greatly increases the cost to the consumer. The reductions in the stamp duties, though affecting only particular classes, are looked upon as a great boon; none ...

... Nobody will derive any advantage from it except the proprietors of the Times. Accordingly they say, With regard to the abolition of the duty on supplements, it is about the last thing we should have thought ourselves of asking. We should think so. It requires ...

... reduce the advertisement duty from is. 6d. to 6d. and to repeal the extra stamp of td. on supplements containing only advertisements. The House of Commons having last week resolved for the total abolition of the advertisement duty, it rested upon the Chancellor ...

... Mr. Hume, and Sir J. Shelley. Uoon a division it was negatived by 120 to 60. The CHANCELLOR of the then moved that the stamp duties in respect of legacies be made payable upon every succession to any real or personal estate in consequence of the death ...

... tax. Mr. Cobden then proceeded to criticise some of the subordinate features of the Budget—the duty on licenses, the advertisement and newspaper stamp duties; and expressed his sincere hope that that the Budget—which, he believed, had been generally accepted ...

... paid, by letter to the Agent, 7, Bromptou-road, when Circulatrs will be forwarded by enclosure of Stamp, tt:,c. - - N.B.—SMOKY CHIMNEYS CURED, and the abolition of all Chimney Cans, &v., from the top of buildings. Also Sanitary improved KITCHEN BASON and ...