... of the new Government bill, relative to the stamping of building leases, which proposes to subject all leases executed since the 1st February, to a stamp duty of ten shillings in addition to the stamp duty on the rent. The petitioners show ...

... interferes in any w ay with yourteae ial duties or iftbe hourked-I go a great deal fa rther than that. 1 say the oocutatinn at the strwes Iitg amyslf end rmy brother dirctors to perform ouar osdlinary otffiial3 duties batter mgthaipthe work is a charigo thalt ...

... therefore, centinue to give aattention to the oratter. Tans REDUCTIONe cF TurE DUTY ON TEA.-The abolition of the Ex- acels duty on soap and the modification of the stamp duties are sub- Plendas which have been advocated by your council, arid ...

... slibwed that 10,611 ounces silver and 1,491 ounces gold (principally marriage rings) had been stamped, and £1,347 Os. duty paid in the ten months preceding its abolition The past was the most prosperous year the! hall has bad for a quarter of a century. 1 PROFrTY ...

... days, New Riotiontein Estate, 2503cr., profit £62469. 50 stamps, 29 days; New Spes Bona, 1395cz., 40 stamps, 26 days; Roodepoort, 840cz., 40 stamps, 24 days; Balmoral 3ain Reef, 1024cr., 45 stamps, 25 days. Bonanza manager's report for February:- Mine-Number ...

... evidence. The budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had provided for the abolition of the soap duty, the reduction of the duty on tea, and the modification of the stamp duties, all of which had been reconmmended by the chamber; while the ...

... the abolition of the madiamvai g c ostaiblisement of Workmen's chambers 1 i tion with the Chambers of Cotmerce direct suffrage for the working cl5s5seslsri a will be placed on an equal footing ?? greater freedom of pubic meeting; t ue stamp duties on the ...

... altogether. The legacy duty is to be extended to all successions on death, but, as regards rateable property, on a reduced scale. The duty on Scotch spirits is to be increased 1s., and on Irish spirits 8d., per gallon. The soap duty is to be taken off altogether ...

... taken cif the tea duty. He pointed out that it would be a valuable concession to the drinkersof tea, Two days afterwards I received a suggestion from a rival, in which he suggested that the tea duty should be increased because it was a duty that did nat fall ...

... their License Duties- and a crowd of brewers have since fonund their warV to the Conservative bencesl~ to fightt the battle of their trade with their own hand~s, But then again the railway proprietors demsud thme repeal of the Paseengee D~uty, and we are ...

... Government crther for the abolition of stamp receipts on all suens under i .100; or that they should adopt the plan of iimposing a low rate of duty, of say one penny, on all surmas from L.5 to L.Aoo, to he levied by mcamns of ndhesive stamps like postage stainps ...

... this tact, no doubt, has weighed with Mr Lowu in making the propositionhe has done, .as it renders the collection 'of the stamp duty a ?? simnple matter. Quite two-thirds, if not a larger proportion, of the-lucifer matches aonsumed in this country are made ...