... had confided dble to him the duty of watching the progress of the bill for qua the repeal of the paper duty through Parliament during the pist and present sessions, and to the best of his ability be he had performed that duty [h-ar, hear]. The committee ...

... without one of these elements has signally failed. It is felt that there is no practical injustice in these duties, while the abolition of the Paper Duty is really equivalent to framing and glazing ethe people's mind afresh. It is true that penny literature ...

... stands, all printed publications must be lodged with the proper officer, and be stamped. Hitherto, by tacit understanding, Episcopal Circu- 3- lars were relieved from stamp-duty and from i- ordinary formalities, on the supposition that they were confined ...

... establishmont of the lPenny Magazine and I 'Chambets' Journal. The abolition of the newspeper t stamp, he seaid, had given a great impulse to newspaper c literatute, and now that the paper duty wes abolished, t we had free trade in literature as in other things ...

... Governmeut to reduce the duty on all articles, in suoh a manner as would benefit the nlemy inistead of the few. Which would benefit most the working-claeses, ?? seduction of the tea and sugar duties or the repeal of the paper duty [Cries of' Tea and sugar ...

... Exchecuer, for theo entire abolition Vey ef aln the imopedinents to the spread of knowledge, wacr basoed on 01 the supposition that liberal and right-minded newspaper pro- priotors vould, give the full advantage of the abolition of the ?? aetax to the Poople ...

... &e. It eutamerates the numbers. that were existing to June, 1855, when the minnows sprang t into life on the abolition of the penny stamp duty, It E shows that the family then wmesigited of 660, that from that t period to .Tune, 1860, only five years, ...

... Mr. H. Baillis, for total abolition roof paper duty; by Mr. SCOTT for immediate repeal of paper 'rae duty; three from paper manufacturers at Baleruo-mill, the Currie and Co,, Edinburgh, for immediate repeal of paper on- duty; four from paper manufacturers ...

... reduced by the pavments which the Bank makes to the State to the extent of £188,078 per annuta in respect of composition for stamp duties and of profit on the issue of notes. The act of 1808 assigned to the Bank, as a remuneration for its charges and its ...

... conferred upon the official journal is plain from there having yesterday been laid upon the table a bill exempting from stamp duty and postage the supplements of journals, when exclu- sively devoted to the publication of parliamentary debates. Until this ...

... e tea duties usight not have been preferred to that of the paper D duties, he wee only prepared to make a reduction of a £600,000 ; wvhereas, to take the war duty off tea, would in- I volve a reduction of £800,000, without including the war duty on su ...

... Ostettse Or' Iot Bt Customns and Inland Revenue ?? R i East India Loan-Committee theirupodl *ad Supply-Cormmit:ee. Excise and Stamps Bill-As amtnded, to be Supply-Report. Ways and Means Committee. Irremovable Poor Bill-Second Readiini Removal et Scotch and ...