... present remuner: tis | the performance of our duties as letter receivers in th eport “ During the past year important changes have tak Se- ‘in the mode of transacting postal business, which bav the abolition of two thirds of the letter receiviog hou: by ...

... the Exchequer whether newspaper proprietors who may have their possession any stamped sheets on the day when the proposed new regulation for the Abolition of the impressed stamp take effect, would allowed to use them, and to retain the privilege of sending ...

... | the duty is not a revenu e duty, but it is a protection duty on siace those the higher qual ities as rega ris the balk of the trade, and as to stand.— of the British consumers it is a duty not of regards the bulk So it is with the wine ...

... removed, rh | The credit given on the hop duties abolished, ie wh Fe Chicory subjec ted to a duty of 6s. per ewt. TAN OR REDUCED. 7 The excise duty of I}d per Ib. on paper is to be = from the Ist of July next. The duties on butter, tallow, cheese, eggs, | liquorice ...

... increase in the Income Tax, at a moment the proposal to put a penny stamp taxon parcels has caused dinian an excitement, particularly in the manufacturing districts: when its total abolition had been promised, did not votion at once excite dissatisfaction ...

... it his duty to require that the interests and the con- British and foreign. The Paper Duty Repeal Bill would venience of the public shall be properly attended to. | time, and not at all cognisant of what had occur e principal terminate this duty on the ...

... Viscount Sydney, gave the Royal assent | assizes Mr. Whitmore and others sued Mr, Lloyd to to the following bills:—The Stamp Duties, the Income Tax,| yer 4 sum of £2,000, the value of a cargo of corn tha the Banbridge, Lisburn, aud Belfast and Ulster ...

... WESTERN asked the Chancellor of the Ex the stamps on ne whether his proposal to abolish rs to be sent abroad; an would apply to newspape uld be sent with a pen whether such newspsper Col the book pos? rate of ‘fou stamp or would be liab le to The CHANCELLOR ...

... upto the thwarts in water. He then ¢ral accompaniment. The song f voice by Mr. R. Smith. y J. Shaw, from the ‘ “When the stamp duty upon ritish newspapers er out, and dered with his accustomed sweetness 0! | | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henr Brevet Colonel ...

... proposal for th lition of the impressed stamp Ou newspapers |“ newspapers appear to have been singled | the legislature as 5 jal objects of taxation, but now t | of the three taxes ave been removed, and notice give | abolition of the third, there seems to be ...

... the Under Secretary's. toe reduce The Stamp Duties ( No. 2) Bill was read a third tit Lieu thought, was most extravagant, and he pro; | been these votes to the extent of £600, which would give each The Excise Duties Bill was read a third time a nd at of ...

... new adhesive stamp has be their pared and issued for agreements and contracts, | i them, conditions under which they can alone be used a remely that we quote the words for the benefit of our rea t in the “ Whenever any such adhesive stamp shall be use ...