... the repeal of the duty on paper was inexpe- diert. The whole of the debate turneel on the question wii'.-iher it was exr sdient to have an income-tax of 9d. in the pound with the paper duties continued, or of lOd. with the paper duties abolished. On a division ...

... which they bad battled— the advertisement duty, the compulsory stamp on newspapers, and the paper fluty, only one now remained. (Loud cbeers.) The adver- tisement duty bad fallen in the fight, the newspaper stamp had been abolished, but the Association ...

... they wanted a total abolition of tl-e duty. Tlit ?? wallt rlie total abolition of the duty ; but i hey only refrain _ rou * complaints as to the Excise re- J gulations, because they u_ nie - ere * on S> to get rid of the J duty and ?? E ...

... equally zealeus in trying to obtain tbe abolition of tbe stamp-duty upon newspapers, although it might be supposed that bis interests would be opposed to such a course. The fact was he considered ibe newspaper stamp a tax upon the education of tbe people ...

... not as yet been presented, praying that the uniform stamp duty upon all fire policies might be reduced from ls. to ld. The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought there was a prevalent idea that no stamp duty should exceed ld. He had only just parted with a ...

... NEWSPAPER STAMPS. ■• to the editor of the morning post. Sir, — I see by the report of the proceedings of the House . of Commons on Monday evening, that the Chancellor of the ' Exchequer lias brought forward his plan relative to the I abolition of the stamp ...

... repealed the duty n - soap, ard bricks, the -.mount of whi.h 3,27. ,000/.— more than doub'c the surplus 111-. There were a] o » ...

... reduction of duty would give a great impetus to manufactures, because the experi- ment which had been made in 183o\ in equalising the duty and reducing the duty of 3d. per pound on fine paper, and l.id. per lb. upon the coarser quality to an equal duty of 1 ...

... TEA DUTIES. Mr. MOFFATT put a question respecting the tea duties, ! to which ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the proposed reduction of the tea duties from 2s. ?? to Is. lOd. per lb. did include the 5 p r c.nt. now paid ultra the duty. ADJOURNED ...

... more simple in its operations, ite main feature, that is, the abolition of the stamp on news- papers not going through the Post-office, is preserved. Xewspapers may be stamped or not. If stamped, they will jga through the Post-office as they do now, and ...

... EXCISE DUTIES BILL. I The house went into committee on this bill. v j' i ®' FITZGERALD moved an amendment to the schedule, page 8, namely, to omit the words on or. The object of his amendment was to prevent the levying of the increased duty on whisky ...

... on knowledge were the duty on paper— the advertisement duty— the newspaper Stamp—and, in books, the half dozen copies given away to the British Museum, &c. The advertisement duty has become a tale for the nursery ! —the paper duty js in a ...