... ABOLITION OF CHURCH-RATES. Numerous petitions having been presented for and against the abolition of church-rates. Sir J. Trei.av. moved that the House go into committee upon the church-rates abolition bill. After some remarks from Mr. Packe in opposition ...

... 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 ...

... reduced duty and arrears of collection. There is decrease on the Excise of about £9oo,ooo—of which the abolition of the paper duty and the shortened malt credits of last year are a sufficient explanation. There is an increase on the Customs, Stamps, and ...

... 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 ...

... when they come to be introduced. It stated, however, that one them will be the abolition of the impressed . stamp on newspapers, and tbe substitution a .halfpenny adhesive stamp, which will cover the postage newspapers weighing less than four •ounces. This ...

... and tea a duties ; resorting to 9d in the pound income tax, I' and foregoing all attempts to relieve the public of b the more pressing items of taxation. The second, to A give up the war duties on tea and sugar, retaining only e peace duties, and fall ...

... to apply this sum to the abolition of the Paper Duty from the Ist of October, and the remission of penny on the Income Tar. reducing the lOd. to 9d.,snd the 7d. to Cd. The loss within the year from tbo abolition of the Paper Duty is estimated at £605.000 ...

... be charged double duty. The duty on game certificates would be reduced as follows : —lf taken out in August, the certificate would be in October, £2; in December, £l. All personal estate passing by will will be subjected to probate duty, and other impositions ...

... eolniisunlittiona. hi ai WEDNESDAY, September 25, 1861. jc T HE EPEAL OF THE PAPER DT, I Is- consequence of the abolition of the excise duty on t paper, we hare the pleasure of intimating to our c Readers that the price of the Jovrined will be P REc(CE'ED ...

... protective duties that have been reduced or abandoned: 1. The paper duty to be wholly abolished, at an expense of £1,000,000 a-year. •J. The duty on foreign timber is to bo reduced from 7s. Gd. and 15s. a to the colonial rates of la. and 2s. The duty on currants ...

... originated. As late the year ItM * newspapers were taxed follows - Ist. A stamp duty of l-sth ( Id—2o per cent.) per copy. 2d. A duty of :>s. fid. each advertisement: and .'id. A paper duty of 3d. per lb. Considering how largely, and especially newspaper?, ...

... establishment of the Penny Blagazine and C'hamb7eris 0 Journal. The abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers, r he went on, had given a great impulse to newspaper litera- tare and now that the duty on paper had been abolished, we lad free trade in literature ...