... reform. Reform will the main duly of the Parliament now about to eieeled, and will duty of the constituent body ibis country, by the measures they take at this election, to stamp the Parliament which is bow about to elected with the impress tlw measures which ...

... to have reduced the tea duty than to have proposed the abolition of the duty on paper. _ He was of opinion that the House of Lords were justified in rejecting the bill submitted to them last year for the repeal of the paper duties; but, at the same time ...

... and it is a matter of notoriety that others of the 4d. morning p»l«rs are tottering on their “last legs.” The re,«d of the stamp duty was their death Wow. If Loudon journals cannot stand up against the attacks and inroads the cheap press, what chance is ...

... little china bowls. Reduce the aiticle to its natural price, by the abolition of the duty that more than doubles tbe cost importation and tbe profit of tbe retail dealer—repeal also the duties of 12s. Bd. and 18b, 41. on the coarser and finer qualities of ...

... completed its task. The advertisement duty, tbe newspaper stamp duty, and last of all the paper duty, have fallen before it. For some time there has existed an Association for the Abolition or Reduction of the ...

... to. The tenth resolution, relating to the imposition of a stamp duty agreements for letting furnished houses for less than a year, was taken next and agreed to. The ninth, imposing a stamp duty of on licenses for house agents, was next taken. Mr. AYRTON ...

... suspended canonries bill, the public works (Ireland) bill, the Edinburgh University bill, the inland revenue bill, the stamp duties on probates, &0., bill, and the revenne departments acconnts bill. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. Their ...

... last session. 'he repeal of the tea and sugar duties r eedy adverted. The result of the change, in the duties- I would be most desirable not because there were large on wine.--which, of all other custom duties, was the most I stocks of those commodoties ...

... oratory. Here is a brief outline of what he proposes. Reduction of income tax from 104, and 7d. to 9d. and 6d.; abolition of paper duty; a double duty on chicory ; reduction of hawkers’ license from 4L to 2/.; to license tobacco shops, like the re. freshment ...

... Lieutenant for his opinion would have been to place him in an unfair position. The Edinburgh Assessments Bill and the Excise and Stamps Bill were cad a second time. The Public Offices Bill and some other bills of minor importance were passed through committee ...

... job. — The Lord Chancellor said it was his opinion that the bill was mutilated and deteriorated in tne committee. There were duties assigned to the Chief Judge which could not be satisfactorily discharged in any other manner, and for tiie discharge of which ...

... would produce » ga* 0 lu f p -—. t»!|j B 0 f Exchange would henceforth charg Foreign Bills oi taxes were estimated graduated stamp of Is. The amoun at at £3.150,000. the lllc °7Tn Crown Lands £295,000: ami £11,200,000 ; the income C ™*“ iocludin £750.0(«0n ...