... or from the Lord Advo- cate, certificates of exemption from local rates. Mr. WoLSou -Excic e Duties-Account of the qumenitiesof articles clarged with duties of excise in the United Kingdom in 1857 end 1858. Mr. WILSox-Licensed Trades-Account of the trades ...

... the petition to the House tof Commons in favour of the bill for the enlargement of the N a franchise, the repeal of the stamp duty on freedoms, and I v recommending the repeal of the corporation fines and fees, t s including the ancient fine of 21. 6s ...

... Exchequer rich t naugh to afford a reroiision of taxa- tion, the window duties possessed claims at least equal to those of bricks or stamps. Beyond the in- evitab'e weight of this duty,.t-ue scale ac- cordirg to which it was levied rendered it pecu- liarly ...

... by a stamped policy. The Board of Trade had desired the opinion of the assoca. tion as to the merits of a proposal made by the secretary at Lloyd's, for a remedy for the insecurity resulting from this decision. It was simply to impose a penny stamp on all ...

... the 14th inst. by his s ?? government and the diplomatic agents of divers y foreign powers, relating to the abolition of the Sound and r Belt duties, so that their being levied as a source of revenue by this country shal cease from the let of April next; ...

... Sheriffs (Scotland) Act (1W53) Amend- ment, &s. Bi'l-eonlmittee; Stamp Duties Management Bill-second reading; Exeqh uer Bonds (Ii,80,0O0) Bill-- second reading; Annuity Tax Abolition c Einborgh and M~ont rose, &t.) Act (1860) Amendment Bill-comnlltee; ...

... any way with rapeot to the excise paper duty dit wan under Ihe seventh aetude, which provided for the.ed if miteton of general merchandise from F~ranca at no cuotomsne r, duty exceeding the amount of any excise duty imposed upon the eame commodities In England ...

... toll-gate accord- ing to the provisions of the statute. STAMPING DOCUMENTS AT A TRIAL.-Causes have frequently been ?? by documents produced on a trial not having been stamped, or not properly stamped. There is now a provision in the new Common Law Act to ...

... , as a part of -any general plan for re-arranging excise duties, but the advertisement duty and the newspaper stamp should be dealt wvith independently and at once. Any loss from the abolition of the stanp would be made up by the postage, and the increase ...

... that the Tea i- Duties will form one of the texts on which Mr. Glad- to stone is to dilate this evening in the House of Corn- tn mons, and that a reduction of tax on tea malt be exr a pected. After the vote on the advertisement duty, we in may also fairly ...

... as to include the repeal of the paper duty. en - In the second resolution which I propose-I refer to the I stamp duty on newspapers-I propose that the house should su resolve that it is expedient to abelish the stamp on news- hr papers. I believe that I ...

... his tg ofragle o'a BBok s stated 'that for the duty on her paper usedfor the Pe.my Eicyclpdia he -paid no less than o2,0 coseunceegot noptsf fromh t the' work Then w ith regard 'to the ne wspaper stamp duty, who doubtd' that it had a material effect in ...