... the paper duty, the House of Commons having unanimously affirmed the expediency of such a course. It is also proposed to abolish the impressed stamp upor newspapers, and establish a rate of postage similar to the book postage, and issue stamps at the rate ...

... name., against the abolition of church -rate.; and 3,160 of with 113,946 signatures against the abolition of church.rates without previsions of an equivalent; 2,280 petitions with 78,616 Miniatures against the Church-rates Abolition Bill, making, with ...

... with China, ware properly oontrolled. After a few remarks from Lord Grey, the motion was withdrawn. Motsuar, April 2. The Stamp Duties Bill and the Income-tax Bill were both read a third time sod passed, it being understood that • discussion upon the financial ...

... £2.600,000. He also proposed to reduce the duty on fire insurance to a uniform rate of eighteen pence from the 20th of June next, and to substitute for the duty of one shilling fire insurance policies stamp duty of one penny. By this arrangement there would ...

... /orttgti Jlttos. THE NETHERLANDS. The Second Chamber has approved, by 41 votes against 31, Bill for the abolition the newspaper stamp duty both upm home and foreign journals. The Bill is to take effect from tbe 30th of June. HUNGARY.—A Ministerial decree ...

... the Exonsqvia pve an oz. planation of Clio matter. and the Hill posed. /TAY? DUTIES. On the third reeding of the Stamp Duties Bill, Sir H. Canine suggested that the stamp duty imposed by the Bill on cinstracts for the sale of stock was not ...

... REPEAL OF THE MALT DOTY. AGREAT PUBLIC MEETING of the FARMERS of ENGLAND, and Awe airdrome of promoting the REPEAL of the MALT DUTY. is hereby convened by the CENTRAL ANTI-MALTTAX AM - tOCIATION, to be held in the FIIBILEANOWE TAVERN, Great Queen-street, ...

... to abolish onceand totally all duties upon manufactured goods; to reduce the duty on brandy from 15s to 8s gallon, or the level of the colonial duty; and on foreign wines generally from 5s 10d to ii gallon, the latter duty to be still further reduced on ...

... 600,000. He also proposed to reduce the duty on fire insurance to a uniform rate of eighteenpenoe from the 20th of June next, and to substitute for the duty of one shilling on fire insurance policies a stamp duty of one penny. By this arrangement there ...

... 1760, and both tea and sugar might now be made luxuries of the rich if duties enough were imposed upon them. 'the wine duties were duties of protection, differential, not revenue duties. Hr. Gladstone then proceeded to develop a supplementary measure of ...

... 600,090. He also proposed to reduce the duty oe fire ineuranee to a uniform rate of eighteenpence from the 20th of June next, and to substitute for the duty of one shilling on fire insurance policies • stamp duty of one penny. By this arrangement there ...

... radiation of duties under the treaty would afford a total relief to the consumer in this country of £1,737,000 and a loss to the revenue of £1,190,000. It had been oh. jested to the treaty, he said, that the duties we repealed were reweave duties, laid upon ...