... intention to change the arrange- ments formerly existing on that subject. NEWSPAPERc STAMP DUTY. Mr. COWAN said he observed that the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp duty stood amongst the orders for to- morrow. He had received a telegraphic despateh ...

... Eyour letter of the 1st instant, '1 am to' icqualntyou that 'an ordinry inlnd revenue adhesive stamp may be used in the case of an instrument chargeable with duty as a lease or tack for any definite term, less than a ybar of any dwelling house, or tenement ...

... especially blamed the Government for having proposed the abolition at the present moment of a duty which produced so large a revenue and created so little difficulty in collecting as the paper duty. It was said that i there was to be a Reformed Parliament ...

... satisfaction that the stamp revenue has been ig swellen. The teal receipts from general stamps ll were £838,000 above the receipts of the pre. p- vious year, or. £350,000 above my estimate. n. If we deduct £344,000 profit of new stamp duties .11 from £S38,000 ...

... Tiuis is the proposal for the abolition of the Newspaper Stamp. At present, as you know, nobody is allowed to print or publish a newspaper, or a piece of paper containing the events of the day, unless it be printed with a stamp, which pays something to the ...

... Market suffers to somne extent from c the uncertainty as to the total abolition'of the duty ,I on sugar. Good dry brown qualities of B.P. West 6 India may be quoted at 22s 6d to 239, duty paid in warehouse. There have been no transactions in o molasses or ...

... pursued, At n first, the disrentdel duty 'upon brandy was abolished,' sun u ren dering '£446,000, but in July. the duties viere raised, . which reduced the loss to the revenue !to'E46,000 h Only, while the increased duties on the' other spirits n made an ...

... to catalogue i the whole of these measures, of which two are certainly I of importance, while a third,' the Abolition of the l Newspaper Stamp, results have proved to have been I unnecessary. On the other kand, her Majesty is enabled to congratulate her ...

... to the effect that the bombardment had re-commenced on the after- noon of the 6th instant. The bill for the abolition of the compulsory stamp duty on newspapers went through committee in the House of Lords on Monday, and was read a third time and passed ...

... imposing a stamp upon bankers' cheques, which- is expected to yield £300,600, and to equalise the detties upon spirits in the'ltree kingdoms. At present ?? pay less- daty than the English and Scotch.; it is, there- fore,, sought to make the duty upon' Irish ...

... withdraw that ex- i I emption, the abolition of which I estimate will produce £200,000 to the stamp duty. 1 come now, Sir, to the Excise duties. True only article of Excise upon which I' shall propose any augmentatiol 01f duty is thea ...

... use. T The duties charged on malt enter into the price of the article. It makes a great demand upon capital to carry on the industry. The duties are added to the ordinary profits of the tradesman, and therefore, in consequence of these duties, a greater ...