... On going into committee on the Customs Acts- . Reduction of Tobacco Duties- Colonel DicKsoN inquired if a drawback would be allowed to those merchants who have already paid the duty on their stock in hand. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQr aa said it was ...

... 23,7 1,000, With regard to the alterationa of duties he contemplated making, the Hoaso hod already given iea 3eeent to the meaeure be bad Introduced relating to tobacco, Ee also propnosd to equsliee the duty on chicory to that oan coher, with an allowance ...

... America should continue it became a call of duty upon us to intervene for the purpose of endearvouring to stopit-(applause)-and he thought that next to the daty of preserving peace for ourselves came the duty of endeavouring to persevere and to restore ...

... value, it was the intention of the go- *ernment to propose to reduce the duty on tea to Is. per lb., but not to disturb the sugar duty. He proposed that the reduction of the tea duty should take immediate effect after the resolution had been adopted by the ...

... some length the subject of provincial examinations, Mr. Sheen next referred to the question of the annual certificate duty, and to the stamp upon articles of clerkship. The injustice of these taxes, said he, imposed exceptionally upon a class of men who are ...

... before the abolition demand was raised. You violate truth in that assertion- There were no' such preparations. It is a pure fiction, invented by slaveholders out of their unjust animosity to the aboli- tionists. It is said that the fear of abolition has rendered ...

... years, and taking the increase in the d- duty into consideration, there had been no essential an falling off in the receipts of the duty while the ?? lastyear had neverbeen so small. ey Any falling off in this duty was also to be attributed on to a change ...

... nny adequate provislon ~for the fuernce of the oolony, end sbat it would be tmpossibls for England to take upon herself the duty of defending lt unless the Canadlans theatselves were preparsO to give a helping band. Iboe ?? (Peovlion for Expensee), the ...

... the 12th inst., that gentleman appears to think that because there is nothing to open a more cheerful prospect as to the abolition of slavery through the direct action of the Federal govern- ment, the prosecution of the war by the Federals will not tend ...

... the duty on malt was now so excessive as to restrict the consumption of the article to a vast extent, and as the governmsent and the House of Commons bad adopted the E policy of reducing the duty on necessary articles when the previous high duty had acted ...

... in the duties on tea and sugar, end like- vi IL wise by the bill introduced into this house by myself for p1 dlaltering the duty on tobacco. The revenue was injured to 24 e at certain extent by the expectation of probable changes in 2i ythe duty on tea ...

... reduction than the duty on cigars. (Hear, hLear.) It was proposed to reduce that duty fions Is. to Se rend to leave untouched the duty on unntanufactursj tobacco. Cigars were consumed principally by the wealthy classes, and the duty was at present, only ...