... ASSOCIATION FOR TOTAL ABOLITION OF TlE ANNUITY-TAX. Last night a meeting of this Association wasa held in the upper room of Queen Street Hall, to E hear a statement respecting the present position t of the movement-ex Councill0r Burns presiding. n The ...

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

... en Knowvledge, so ed called, has not prospered in the hands of the Ministry to this session. The proposed abolition of the newspaper di stamp, which, instead of being a tax on knowledge, is an a much prized public boon, in aid of thie circulation of ...

... on the repeal of the paper duty, consequent upon the motion of Sir Wm. Miles, the committee of the above association would respectfully subtmit the fol- lowing ?? to Ojeectloih to the Rcpgre. 1. That the abolition of the duty will cause a rise in the price ...

... distinction. In 1758 the Lords refused their assent to the suspension of certain Customs duties on Irish tallow; in 1811 they threw out a bill for re- ducing the duty on molasses, and although they adopted the successive remissions of the Corn- laws down ...

... accurate in his calculations. IThe loss by the abolition of the Customs' duties is set down F in the gross at £1,440,000 or £910,000 net; and he winds up r the whole by the abolition, of the paper duties at the net sum of £990,000 for the present year ...

... of course, the paper duty, but besides that he either was the IU mover in Parhament for the removal of the stamp duty, or ,m he was one of those who took a very active part ia its aboli- tion. The same remark applies to the abolition of the adver- -of oz ...

... and partly on account of all d the public, stoutly remonstrate against the abolition the z of the impressed stamp, and are not propitiated by the debo repeal of the paper duty, which will go chiefly into Lord the pockets of the paper manufacturers, and ...

... mnonth. NEw DUTY ON STAGE CAsIsaAoES.-Under the new Inland Revenue Act, just printed, the duty on stage carriages licensed to carry not more than eight persons is reduced to 10s, aud for a supple- meitary licence for the period, 6d. The duty per muile to ...

... to the class from which it is to be obtained, and they earnestly hope that provision may be made for the abolition of these small vexatious duties in the forthcoming Financial Statement, as being alike annoying I and obstructive to trade and commerce, ...

... the c present year was within three of 500. Of I these 323 are papers which have come into a existence since the abolition of the stamp duty P in June 1855; 174 are old papers, formerly d publishedi' at fall price, but now become cheap t] papers-making ...

... prayer for a reduction of the Maltl Duty, and Mr. Sheridan has placed his annual motion in the Parliamentary notices, ealling on the House of Commons to pledge itself once more to the abolition, of the Fire Insurance Duty. It meat, however, be remembered ...