... THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP. With reference to recent paragraph respecting the resolution said to have been passed by the Town Council of Dundee, to the effect that Mr. James Chalmers was the originator of the adhesive stamp, and not Sir Row. hind Hill ...

... Tncmn', MArcH 15. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—In answer to Sir S. Northcote, Mr. GLADSTONE said that some arrangement would be made to prevent ne rroprietors who may have in their possession any sheets when the abolition i)l the impressed stamp taxes place, from suffering ...

... Mile Town, Sheerness. N.B.—Club Portrait Payments are as follows:—ONE SHILLING per week, or FOUR SHILLINGS per month. ABOLITION OF DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE. ...

... 000 Army (not including abolition of pur. chase) 14,824,000 Navy 9,508,000 Civil Service 10,652,000 Revenue departments 2,621,000 Post-office 2,610,000 Telegraphs 500,000 Packet Service 1,135,000 Abolition of purchase 853,000 Total ...

... n-nhm-bc duty was to be sboluh;:,atnd that, h::fmtot: resscnable appeal of t urgundy wi wers, t fii’m'in.mb‘tu- was to be -ninm«no the Q%.?whu in the wood. By the abolition of the tim| dflya-uofm_ooo'mbonamood.lnd RM wasiwilation of the wine duties a nett ...

... an active part in urging upon Parliament, and in other ways promoting the repeal of those obnoxious duties--the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the tax upon the production of pap. r, and his great public services in this respect were recognised ...

... the old act, known as Sir John Barnard’'s. It will be a glaring absurdity if, under the new Budget, a stamp be charged (in the form of a penny stamp upon contract notes) upon transactions which the law all the while pronounces illegal. The raising of ...

... unlike a newspaper, was one, and as such ought to pay the stamp daty. ‘lt was during this year that an organised struggle of friends of the people commenced for the abolition ef the stamp duty, or the removal of the °‘taxes on knowledge.” In the five ...

... Garda, soapsaakers, piper and watchcase makers; to abolish the progressive stamp duty on deeds, to reduce the 355. stamp charged beyond the valorem duty to 75., and to abolish the stamp on the quittance in the case of a eopyhold, upon some ...

... no change in his ways. They remonstrated, as in duty bound. lie defended his honour, and to wipe off all stain produced the document which he had signed, asserting it was invalid, as it was without a stamp. THE RENT A GAMING TABLE.—It is stated that the ...

... half hours, The Tea Duties.—At a meeting of the Edinbmgb Chamber ot Commerce nn Thursday it was unanimously resolved, “ That a memorial be presented to Parliament narrating the arrangement made by Parliament in 1853, by which the duty on tea was to have ...

... deceased is that of the husband er wife of the deceased, and to allow the amount el tie ad stamp duty to be deducted from pay meats of further estate duty on settled property nada the clause, were accepted by the Government, and the as amended, was agreed to ...