... Committees the Corps Legislatif. With reference to the Press, the proposed changes would consist in the lowering of the Stamp Duty, the abolition of the necessity for Government authorisation ; and, cases of offences against the Press laws, the substitution of ...

... ABOLITION OF THE PAPER AND NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIFS. All connected with the press will rejoice in the abolition of the paper duty, as relieving the raw material—the blank sheet of all literary ope- rations—from a tax which is less considerable in amount ...

... PUBLIC NOTICES. SSOCIATION FOR THE ABOLITION OR REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. PATRONS. The t Hon, Lord STANLEY, M.P. Sir James Bart., M.P. Sir VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., THOMAS SLINesBY DuNComBE, Esq., M.P. GEORGE HADFIELD, -» M JoHN ARTHUR ...

... been marvellously restored by very simple means, and as a public duty feels it incumbent him th information toothers similarly affected, receipt of a directed envelope bearing two stamps addressed B. B. Laurie. Hisq., Montague Chambers, Montague Street ...

... imported and exported, a penny stamp on all notes of sale, a threepenny stamp on stock warrants, a probate charge on personal estate, a new stamp on leases, a new charge on building societies, an Excise duty and a Custom’s duty on chicory, a ...

... imported and exported, a penny stamp on all notes of sale, a threepenny stamp on stock warrants, a probate charge on personal estate, a new stamp on leases, a new charge on building societies, an Excise duty and a Custom’s duty on chicory, a ...

... readily guess what I am about to propose—the abolition of the excise duty on paper. (Cheers.) The paper duty isin many re- duty, and I will show presently that it is (Hear, hear.) In the first place, as a uniform duty on a very variable ...

... in Scotlaud have paid in respect of stamp duty chargeable on indentures of apprenticeship L .30, and on their being admitted to practise 111 any of the inferior courts in Scotland a further sum of L.25. The stamp duty- paid by them before admission to practise ...

... SILK BONNET RIBBONS, From to 3s a Yard, Several Large Lots of Very Rich New FRENCH BONNET RIBBONS, bought since the Abolition of Import Duties, much under former Prices. 20, 22, & 24 REFORM STREET. Holloway’s Pills are undeniably the finest medicine for ...

... £2,550,000 Increase. Property Tax, . ™ Stamps, . . 300,000 Post Office, . . Miscellaneous, . io, uw Net Decrease, . - The several items of decrease are explained the abolition of a large number of import duties under the head of Customs; by the bad harvest ...

... Articles ” ” paying duty to fixed dates 4 4. ” sugar ditto 5. ” of the same class as flour i Total of Articles, 47 OBJECTIONS TO THE ABOLITION OF THE IMPRESSED NEWSPAPER STAMP. (From the Courier.) The proposed abolition of the newspaper ...

... their employers, have commenced agitation for the abolition of the duty on manufactured cloth exported to India, which it is said is about equal to the cost of weaving. is believed that the repeal of the duty would result in a great improvement in the cotton ...