... their rates of duty were considerably reduced, and rendered more simple and uniform by the abolition of progressive scales and of several exemptions. They became im- mediately more productive. In 1854, the last year of the high duties, the tax on servants ...

... admirable and long- established machinery into hopeless confusion. Unconditional abolition of church rates is therefore an unjust and impolitic cry. Conditional abolition might be reasonable if the conditions were equitable. But to maintain a legal re ...

... possesses, in the office of its in- spectors, ample security, if they do their duty, for the proper administration of its funds. No doubt, a great point has been gained by the abolition of the augmentation grant, one of the most demoralising schemes that was ...