... increased advertising, so that the abolition of the stamp duty would practically equivalent to subsidising the trade in secret remedies. The arguments that have been used in support of the proposal to abolish the medicine stamp doty are also singularly ina ...

... found himself confronted with a prospective deficit, amounting to £2,040,000. increasing the duties on certain wines and imposing some additional stamp duties he raised the revenue side some £BOO,OOO, and ti'.c-n boldly cut down the other side, by two ...

... to-day 1 as pure and unadulterated Toryism. At Newark . be declined to support the * abolition of what! were called the taxes on knowledg,e—the Stamp/ and Paper Duties, whieh afterwards was enthusiast ic to repeal. He the firstefforts to give Disseaters ...

... first daily paper, the Daily Cour ant appeared. Ten years later the stamp duty caused many struggling papers to to toe wall. The lecturer also spoke of the abolition of the stamp duty 1857, which had had the effect feared the supporters of ...

... the Legal Practitioners Bill, which was agreed to. Mr. 31cLaren then brought forward for a second reading the Church Bates Abolition (Scotland) Bill, the object of which he explained to be to abolish the system under which churches and manses were built ...

... emancipation Bill? * _ . The Lkctubek : The Tory Government, then under (be Duke of Wellington. Mr Smith : Who repealed the duty on paper ? The Lecturer said it was Liberal Government well assisted by the Conservatives. Smith : Who abolished slavery The ...

... workmen's dwellings. This the way to safeguard tho peerage against abolition. Inspectors of Weights and Measures are, understand, agitating against the competition for Government stamping which now exists, and thev have placed their views upon the snb-6el^g ...

... either sex (acquired or constitutional) Gravel and Pains in tho Brck. Sold in Boxes, is each, By All Chemists, or sent for stamps u Lincoln and Mid laud Counties* Drug Company London, A FACT WORTH KNOWING. BEECHAM’S PILLS. ABB admitted by thousands to ...

... on the policy of 1886. And how curious it many of the then remaining customs duties, and is that in the development of Mr. Gladstone's proposing the abolition of the Paper Duty, Liberalism Ireland has had so great a part! To which was the last of the so-called ...

... actually asked what were the duties of an overseer. Several explanations were, of course, forthcoming, but the ratepayer fortunate who possesses a very slight knowledge the r.hy and wherefore the existence, jurisdiction, and duties of the different authorities ...

... The said‘boxes’ are bufl*alo-bido baskets, technically called ‘skips.* In methodical way tho baskets and bags are emptied, stamped, and sorted on appropriate tables, one of tho principal being 10ft. by sft. The clerks and carriers have also tables with ...

... profitable to direct.” Physical power is a great advantage, for unless we baye health and vigour of body we cannot discharge our duties with comfort,ease,and energy. Mental ability—“ tbepower of thought, the magic of the mind ” —is valuable. “ A wise man is ...