... posed changsts would consist in a lowering of the stamp-duty, the abolition of the necessity for Government authorisation, and, in cases of offences against the press laws, the substitution of the correctional tribunals for the present system of admi ...

... The Newspaper Stamp —The proposed abolition of the newspaper stamp will be an unwelcome item in the budget to many of our readers. The present system, leaving it optional to the public to obtain stamped unstamped copies, is found highly convenient, while ...

... to the propriety of removing the duty itself, for its reatrictive tendency has been admitted on all hands, and its repeal may be said to have been rendered a matter of necessity by the abolition of the newspaper stamp and the rapid development of cheap ...

... of law of public safety, Article 75 of Constitution to be 'modified, reversion of electoral law, suppreseion of newspaper stamp duty, and trial by jury for press offences. Ninety-eight deputies have agreed to this programme. Clement Duvernois, it is said ...

... customs duty on tea of 15 florins per 100 lb. I need not say that this proposal, contrary as it is to the principles of free trade, meets with very strong opposition. The result naturally is that people are afraid that the abolition of the stamp-duly will ...

... acceptance the Spanish Crown. HOLLAND. ABOLITION OF THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY. The Hague, April 7.—The First Chamber adopted to-day, by twenty-four votes against twelve, the bill for abolishing the newspaper stamp duty. Garibaldi, who has ...

... exercised in regard to expenses incurred for public works. He likewise advocated the suppression of the octrois, and the abolition of stamp-duty upon newspapers,asul of the impost upon salt. In conclusion, he proposed the introduction of the Income-tax. M. Gonin ...

... To-morrow he would name the day. TRH STAMP. Sir H. asked whether newspsper proprietors who may have in their poseemiun stamped sheets on the day when the new regulation fur the abolition of the impressed stamps take effect, will be allowed to use them ...

... ’ byt per. ¥ 4 don't hear that any of the staff of the ‘ Star’ go oyer tao. It is some- what singular that the abolition of the stamp-duty should have multiplied the number of daily morning everywhere except in London, where the ‘Telegraph’ is the only ...

... that the abolition of the paper-duty did not take effect till after the quarter's acoounts had closed, and that the increase of the duty on home-made spirits was during the period in full operation. But, then, it has- be noted that though duty was paid ...

... reoeipt on stamp duties varied little from that of the preceding year, the amount being £8,392,749, increase of about a half per cent. The proportion from the peony stamp on reeeipta and bankers' checks waa £411,435 against £443,674 1869. The abolition of tbe ...

... agreed to. The following bills passed through c,rnmittee : Public Works (Ireland); Edinburgh University; Inland Revenue; Stamp-duties on Prthstes, &C. The House adjourned at seven p.m. ...