... explainable by the bad harvest, a falling off the proceeds of the spirit and malt duties, alterations as regards game certificates, and the abolition of customs duties last year. In the following table will seen the chief items of the return: Decrease ...

... £1,200,000. The estimate made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was a decrease about £1,030,000 based upon the abolition of the import duty upon a number of small articles, and the alteration on timber and other articles. The variation from this estimate ...

... LATEST NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ABOLITION THE PENNY STAMP TAXES. A memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the abolition of the penny stamp taxes has been forwarded by the London mercantile community. The Times, in leader, shows the failure ...

... OW, out in July the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the -revenue to £46,000 only, whilst the increased duties on the other spirits made actual increase this branch of £79,000. The greatest change was in the wine duties, by which expected ...

... Summary. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 18G1 Baf J. Trelawny's Church Rates Abolition Bill was lost last night, on the third reading, by the casting vote of the Speaker. We are afraid some desertion of the Liberal standard has contributed to this result. Church Rates ...

... and the Is. Gd. stamp shipping bills and bills of lading, £30.2.>-l. The 3d. duty on dock warrants, which commenced on the 3d April, produced £8.>!)5. Tiie stamp duty on bills of exchange for above was also altered to an ad valorem duty, ...

... £25; licensed duty of £2 upon house agents the reduced duty upon hawkers' licenses Ot * r months, and £2 for a year ; the stamp duty ol » every £100 or part of £100 on foreign bills ot exchange exceeding £500 in value; the licensed duty of ...

... were pursued. At first the differential duty upon brandy was abolished, surrendering L.41G,0U(), but in July, the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the revenue to L.46,000, whilst the increased duties on the other spirits, made actual increase ...

... but in July the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the revenue to £46,000 only, whilst the increased duties on the other spirits made an actual increase in this branch of 279,000. The greatest change was in the wine duties , by which he expected ...

... year the House granted an additional penny of mii come-tax for the purpose of having the paper duty re, pealed. Now we are to get back that penny—tbe paper ' duty is to be repealed—and what can be more ungrateful or indefensible than to reject the proposal ...

... were pursued. At first the differential duty upon brandy was abolished, surrendering L.446,000, but in July, the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the revenue to L.46,000, whilst the increased duties on the other spirits, made an actual increase ...

... Offences against the Person Bill; Public Works and Harbours Bill; Lord Clerk Register Salary abolition Bill; Drainage of Lands Bill* Edinburgh University Bill; Stamp Duties on Probates Bill. The Newspaper, &c, Bill was withdrawn. Several other measures were forwarded ...