... watch cases, to commence on July 6. The abolition of the license for play-i insr cards dates from Sept. 2 £lhe ninth resolution abolishes. the sta mp duties for policies of insurance, and substitutes a stamp duty of id. This measure will date from lt ...

... requiring that the stamp duty chargeable onwrits of entry should be paid bymeans of adhesive stamps, and remarking that the superior's agent received 10s for his trouble, instead of 6s Ad as formerly, thus causing the price nominally of the stamp (5s) to be tripled ...

... to the class from which it is to be obtained, and they earnestly hope that provision may be made for the abolition of these small vexatious duties in the forthcoming Financial Statement, as being alike annoying I and obstructive to trade and commerce, ...

... prayer for a reduction of the Maltl Duty, and Mr. Sheridan has placed his annual motion in the Parliamentary notices, ealling on the House of Commons to pledge itself once more to the abolition, of the Fire Insurance Duty. It meat, however, be remembered ...

... customs duties. (3) The local merchants who have in their ros- session foreign goods, subject to the general orders as to stamping, must present the same to the cus- toms authorities before A.ugust 5 of this year for the affixing of the stamps, seals ...

... brick duty. there- fore, has made the difference of £263,000 in the revenue of the quarter; so that, but for the abolition of the duty, the Excise should exhibit an increase of about £80,000- The increase has been chiefly on malt. On the stamps of the ...

... the demand in India for the supply of the army. a ?? . EXCISE DUTIES. * The remaining excise duties noticed in the report are the duty on hops, w ch has slightly increased, and the paper duty, which also shows an increase in the quantity charged. ?? remarks ...

... relignious bodies; by bir -. F. Davie, from Dunbar, for the abolition of religions tests in uliversiltes; by Mr Cowan, from the Edinburgh and Glrsgow RailWay Comlpany, pray'ing that the Stamp Duties Bill ro ar not pass into a law; also tronm the corn- mrcsioners ...

... firstt place, the stamps on powers of attor-] ney affecting the publie funds Dare. wholly exceptional, and thieir abolition would .be , justified, just as the existing special rates are1 Justified, just as the absence of stamp duty on the transfer of ...

... portion Of the Customs ~re- ciJ form contains many abolitions andi some reductions of the Lr duty. .1 will read the principal abolitions contemplated. 61 We propose to abolish entirely and immediately the duty on*I he utter, which yields £95,000-(cheers)-the ...

... noon to-day. The Presi. dent's Message recommends the modification of the tariff, and the abolition of all internal taxes except those on spirits, tobacco, and stamps. The Mes- sage, in alluding to the relations with Great Britain, ?? year has witnessed ...

... in the same way the addition to the revenue derived from Stamps only proves that we have laid on additional taxation. The increase principally arises from the Succession Duty, and from the stamps on bankers' checks, and on proceedings in the Probate amd ...