... Stamp Duty. Mr. THOMPSON asked whether coupons issued railway companies for the payment of their debenture interest were rendered liable to the stamp duty of one penny by the new Stamp Act; or whether, iu the opinion of the law' officers of ...

... doctor who prescribes port wine to poor labourer. The abolition of the Paper Duty is a luxury the nation cannot at present afford we do not doubt the Lords will reject tho measure on these grounds. It is, therefore, not ill - timed to speculate upon the ...

... their assent to the bill. In conjunction with the Paper Duty Abolition bill was another measure called The Newspaper Circulation Bill, having for its object the abolition of the impressed Duty Stamp, the prohibition of the right of ...

... the information and instruction communicated, to the results achieveel. by the abolition of the newspaper stamp—results aids would be immensely increased when the paper duty itself was finally abolished. There was too genseralil7 in the House of Lords ...

... iso more of them at presold. It is enough the remark what no one deny, that the modifications of the newspaper stamp duty, the advertisement duty, and other ‘taves on knowledge’ wire all proposed and carried the avowed understanding that newspapers, as the ...

... the repeal of the duty on paper was inexpe- diert. The whole of the debate turneel on the question wii'.-iher it was exr sdient to have an income-tax of 9d. in the pound with the paper duties continued, or of lOd. with the paper duties abolished. On a division ...

... 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 ...

... of a twenty shilling book the duty amounted to about sixpence ! On the Cornhill Magazine, which sells for one shilling, the duty does not amount to one half-penny ! ! It is altogether absurd to talk of so trifling a duty being a tax upon knowledge. Would ...

... that' Ae . repeal of the duty on paper wa's inexpedient. The whole of bate turned on the question whether it was expedient to o r Income-tax of 9d. in the pound with the Paper-duties continueo_ol, of 10d. with the Paper-duties abolished. On a division ...

... the advertisement duties and the stamp duties on newspa]>ers. One great step in the same direction remained uncompleted, though it hail been recommended 25 years ago, wnen the pajter duty was condemned by Government Commission. The duty had ...

... returning from allows, 2s, per box, post free for 28 stamps; paekages of 10s. and upwards carriage free. Fowls, by Bally, the plainest and most practical treatise on the subject, post free for 25 stamps. Agriculturists and exporters requiring large supplies ...

... of time information and instruction communiceted, to the results achieved by the abolition of the newspaper stamp—results which would immensely increased when the paper duty itself wae finally abolished. There was too generally in the House mf Lords an ...