... upon they will vote for its abolition. lUe only point, therefore, on which the hostile sections of the pro-rate party agree is, that each would rather see the rate abolished than accept the scheme of the other. The abolition of the rate is thus the only ...

... _Clerico-poliee . ' _. Tax _rig _/ the _i-most cflcctive _means of securing its abolition , and _. that without _such ' . means there is _little _probability of carrying _an _Abolition ; Bill ' _'through _Parliament ; hut this Association are of opinion that ...

... Captain Potter, from vollt lv .luantitv being T,041,001 gallons, the duty nobody doubted that was-the same, llamada 'j on board Captain Jones and the being 4s. per gallon, including the duty the malt, that mate of the Altln held it to bo the same wi,,i.-, ...

... following letter, illustrative of the way the raper duty works against the author, has been addressed to the editor of the Morning Star and Dial : Sir, I hope you will not lose eight of the paper duty, to which I am a victim. I am ayoor author, who, after ...

... Bills and Debts 1,i13,0c0 Bills Current.. 41 W® Property and furniture Conaols. £4t»,000—4'0»t. Cash hand and Stamps. 311* WOMO 30.03J 212.6r5 Assets in Balance £3,031.022 Deduct Kstiumtc of Loss 2,958,716 £26 Call estimated to produce ...

... double the sum spent iu 1834; and if they return to the expenditure of that year, they might abolish the income-tax and the duties on tea and sugar, and at the same time a vast sum might be sustained as sustenance fund, out of which hundreds and thousands ...

... arose. A stamp-duty of £l5, which had been found nearly prohibitive, hud to be paid on each diploma. Again and again had the three Colleges of Physicians memorialised and petitioned against this, but without effect. I saw that the abolition of this tax ...

... he should te the case fa for a ‘been pe } to 30s, | to Sie, Sir J. 5 WHEY them moved the second realing of t bill for the abolition of Church-rates, He sented in favour petitions, signed pa od nt moved that the bill be read a sees time that day vets | the ...

... manufacture of our county—paper—had made rapid progress within the last ten years. As proof its extent he might state that the duty paid upon paper last year the county of Edinburgh alone was equal to the whole revenue of Scotland at the time of the Union ...

... understaud that ic two gentlemen,. Messrs. Smith and Ranoce, represent- 6i ing th'e London Associati6n for'the abolition or reduce la .tiOl of the duty on fire insurances, have arrived in ai Glasgow, and have already received the signatures of .many of our ...

... _, ow . edror not ) at _a'fictitioua price . I Mn-not here _to-say _that-the-Apothecaries ' Company 'did _' not _'do their _duty as . far as so _vicious ) a system .. enabled th _' em . •• _Tar froin , lt , ror w _W s _. _.. we _; are _mainly _indebtedfor' ...

... •• . 44,770 3,500 Property and furniture . 56,318 n 6,000 Consols, £40,000 —Cost 36,931 Cash on hand, with bankers, and stamps . 212,635 • Assets ns in balance sheet.. £3,631,622 £2,938,716 Deduct estimate of loss . 2,938,716 £642,905 £25 estimated ...