... ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON PAPER. Mr. Gladstone, on Friday evening, gave the following interesting account of the various uses paper in man* factures:— The paper duty is in many respects a bad duty, and will show presently that it is untenable (htsar, hear) ...

... inauspicious circumstances, and, having obtained as an instalment the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers, seemed now about to be crowned with success by the total repeal of the paper duties (applause). That desirable end was in no slight degree to attributed ...

... of duties £1,190,000. Reduction duty on corks, gloves, and straw plaits to be postponed until April, *62. Proposes to abolish duties on butter, tallow, cheese, oranges, eggs, nutmegs, paper, liquorice, dates, at a loss of £382, COO. Reduce duties on timber ...

... of 12 per cent. on 1859. The gross receipt on stamp duties varied little from that of the preceding year, the amount being £8,292,749, an increase of about a half per cent. The proportion from the penny stamp on receipts and bankers' checks was £411,435 ...

... importers, and shippers were also differently affected. The wholesale tea-dealers objected to the Customs duty; the importers objected to the penny stamp on parcels ; and the exporters had, to a considerable extent, like ob- jections to make. The bonded warehouses ...

... will take three branches of reduction only—the redaction of the duty upon wine, the reduction that upon brandy, and the abolition of the duties upon manufactured goods. The reduction the duty upon wine from lOd to 3« per gallon will afford to the consumer ...

... 'an ad ralorein duty not exceeding,3o per, pent. pn the other hand, England, by this treaty, makes -various extensive and immediate 'modifications, by abolishing all ,duties on French manufaCtared goods, arid by redUcing, the duties on brandy and wine ...

... petition to PaTlameut I dealers, plaiters, bonnet sewers which sets forth grief -r.,t , posed abolition dutieOlterti0 millinery and clothio g artTcl0 t jt tective duties, your petitio-- Th at i.ti Q entrenching on hours usually' ye-e obtain nothiing, more than ...

... of the penny stamp, and among other ial editors and parties examined were two the manager of the Times. Only one of these vincial editors advocated the abolition of the duty. The manager of the Times indicated no opinion whatever. ‘lhe duty was abolished ...

... They also recommend the abolition of the stamp duties on marine insurances, or, if linancial considerations prevent their entire removal, a large reduction of the present rates; and the substitution for the present impressed ss. stamp on charterparties of ...

... 9th of May, 1861, when examined before a committee of the House of Commons on the newspaper stamp, said, in reply to ths question 625, The taking off of the stamp would cause a tota revolution in the whole press of the country. The result has verified ...

... intention of doing so. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. SirS. North cote asked whether newspaper proprietors, who may have their possession any stamped sheets the day when the proposed new regulations for the abolition of the impressed stamps take effect, will allowed to ...