... unlike a newspaper, was one, and as such ought to pay the stamp duty. It was during this year that an organised struggle of friends of the people commenced for the abolition of the stamp duty, or the removal of the taxes on knowledge.' In ...

... future rate of duty on this class of goods, The loss, indeed, would have been nominally £90,000 greater, but we believe this sum would soon have been more than returned, In addi- tion to these changes are a few alterations in the stamp duties aud licences ...

... So difficult is it for even clever men to be consistent. Mti. GLADSTONE pro- poses to reduce the Sugar Duties thus:- Present duty. Proposed duty. Per cwt. Per cwt. s. d. s. d. Refined sugar . . 18 4 . . 12 10 Clayed to white clayed . 16 0 . . 11 8 - ...

... book. (Hear, hear,) LZurig the last 16 t1 years they had witnessed the abolition of the B advertisement and newspaper stamp duties and bi the excise on paper and hops, the duties on foreign ul manufactures, on butter, cheese, and other agri. A cultural ...

... ceremonial duties. To say that Lord Carlisle has been a model lord-lieutenant is at once to say that he is one of 'the most amiable and blameless public men of his generation, and that he pos- 'Besses few of the qualities which enable a maq to stamp his mark ...

... legacy duty to real property an to increase the duty on Scotoh and Irish spirits. By these and other changes he obtained an estimated surplus of over £E2,000,000. This sum he devoted to the repeal of the soap duty, the reduction of stamp ...

... the year 1838 to the year 1846 to bring abeut that great change, the abolition of the corn law. A Parliament was elected in 1841, with a majority of ninety pledged against the abolition of that law. The result showed how much is to be done by continuous ...

... chequer will at the earliest opportunity introduce a bill for equalising the succession duties, and that such duties will be made payable in the form of a probate stamp. The Right Rev. George Smith, D.D., Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, has tendered his resigna- ...

... Glyn, Bart., of Gaunt'l House, near Wimborne, Dorset, ;dled intestatei leaving personal property valued at 100,0001. A stamp, duty of 9,0001. was paid thereon. ,It isexpected that thenew Catholio chapel tobeh erected at Windsor on the Clarence Estate ...

... in the assessed taxes, and stamp duty in the presenta- tion to benefices. Mr. D-kRnY GRUFITII Will be delighted with the success of his proposa to reduce the duty on proxy voting papers from a shilling to a penny. The duty on warrants of attorney for ...

... and the resolutions relating to the sugar duties were agreed to. The resolutions continuing the duties on tea, altering the duty on corn, that relating to the income-tax, the lieences to sell tea, the stamp duties on letters of attorney and ...

... the g resolutions relating to the sugar duties agreed to. a The resolutions continuing the duties on tea, altering the duty on corn, that relating to the in- ,t come tax, the licenses to sell teas, the stamp duties *t on letters of attorney ...