... number ot persons would in ure it the duty was reduced to Is. The present system preseed particularly on the poor man, who could not insurut 1002. for loss than 7s. 6d., the premium being 3d,, the duty 3s, and the stamp and policy le. 6d. Mr. DAY observed ...

... harvest, that in the very moderate duties still levied on it there is a decrease of £95,000, The diminished duty on tea is answerable for £190,000, while there is a fall of £10,000 in the duty on tobacco, and £55,000 in the duty on wine. These losses are co ...

... amounts. The Tea Juty was reduced last July, and the abolition of the Soap ?? thof July. Thealtera- tions in the Stamp Duties camueintooperationin October. We believe that, with regard to the Tea Duty, while the immediate loss to the revenue was fully 950 ...

... Licence duty foot-hawkers,n 31,000 Duty on soap and paper makers, gold workers, &c., 6,000 Reductions of stamp duties, . 200,000 Loss on change in newspaper stamp, .. ?? .. ?? 50,000 Penny off the Income-tax, ?? 1,320,000 Reduction of sugar ...

... may be stated as follows: EXCISE. Abolition of the soap-tax . ?? ?? * ?? flI26,000 STAMPS. Reduction of the duty on life asssrance from 23. 6d. per cent. to 6d. per cent. ?? ?? ?? ?? 29,000 Reduction of receipt stamps from the present scale, ranging from ...

... other causes. Some old stamp duties repealed, and waiting for the new reductions, to come into operation to-morrow, have no doubt lessened the receipts from that Source in the last quarter. The total abolition of the soap duties, which produced 12,0001 ...

... concurrence in these views. STAMP DUTIES. Mr Macfic's letter also referred to the petition which had been adopted for the abolition of receipt stamps, and expressed a wish thae the Chamber would also petition for the abolition of the ...

... shows an increase in this branch of revenue, and the year one of £965,77S. The abolition of the Newspaper Stamp is the main cause of the reduction under the head of Stamps. The falling off in the Post Office receipts and in the Assessed Taxes is easily ...

... conceded. the In stamps, receipt stamps to be abolished-a Queen's kwn headfranking a receipt, as it does a letter. Stamp duty ipa-on life &sauranceg to be reduced. Attorneys' certificates pro. and admission stamps are to be lowered. ...

... Attorneys' certificates re-l duced one-third, and No alteratioss stamp from 1201. to 801. Abolition of tax on nesvs-l paper supplements, and | reduction of advertise- olteration, meat duty from ls. Gd. to Od. J Daty on cabs and hackney- coaches from ls ...

... inhabited houses and shops, £100,000. of the tax on male servants, £50,000. of the license duty on dogs, £50,000. of that on horses, £100,000. out of the stamp duties, and some £8,000. at snost out of the incomne-tax--or, in all, about £000,000., out of an ...

... yielded £1,902,787, all other items (except House Duty) showing Decreases. The decrease of £1,004,750 in stamps is stated to have been chiefly due to the decline in the receipt of legacy and succes- sion duties as compared with the very large receipt in 1892-93 ...