... exchequer. In this it bears a resemblance to the duty on paper, but in all other respects it , has certainly far higher claims to abolition. Great as has been the effect of the abolition of the paper duties in placing cheap and wholesome literature within ...

... getting, a 6d., duty properly secured to them, ratheftisan a 5s. duty which they only obtained ina a very few instances. .. The duty on recinsurance, imposed' last year, was proposed to be removed, as being burden-, some ; asd the duty on what were termed ...

... task of disposing of the surplus (hear, hear, and laughter). He proposed to charge the duty On transfer of shares and conveyances by &Nereid mode of stamp. The duty on agreemente small tenements would be reduced from &I. to Id., sad the tax of appramementa ...

... and utility with which Lord Lyons had discharged his duties Washington. no one of many thousand cases had he failed obtain the highest approval of the Government; and to show how laborious hia duties had been, might mention that in the year his despatches ...

... singular tact, .%bility with which Lord Lyons had duties at Washington. In no one of many eases had Lord Lyoiss failed to obtain the of the government ; and to show how Zr ao a r v loldaltip's duties had been, he might men• • lordship's year his &Pipet:hes ...

... the reduction of duty should be postponedtto the Ist of June. After brief discussions, resolutions granting the in. come-tax at the rate of 4d. in the pound,' and the fire insurance duty at the rate of is. dd. per cent. with a stamp duty of Id. on the policy ...

... the reduction of duty should be postponed to the lst of June. After brief discussions, resolutions granting the in. comv~tax at the 'rate;of 4d. in the pound, andthe fire insurance duty at the rate of is. 6d. per cent. with a stamp duty of Id. on the policy ...

... satisfy any one. The kindred duties upon hops have already disappeared before the agitation against tho continuance of taxes upon agricultural produce. Tho member for East Sussex, who so successfully advocated the abolition of the smaller tax, continues ...

... Governors he felt it his duty to say that they had come to their conclusion upon evidence that had not been properly sifted. The charge of cruelty against Mrs. Booth was a very grave one, and if it were sustained in evidence it would the duty of the Commissioner ...

... would have to undertaketo pay to the state, in lieu Of the suois they now paid as compensation for stamps on notes payable on demuand, and for licence duty, the sum of £2 ifs per cent. on the amount of issue, to be ascertained fromt timse to tin s in the ...

... T elwU. red nee the stamp duties excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood, mid He parties, the suwll court was crowded to exce«. The following “*‘ °p manna « „ Usoellea ; the Hon. G. WObrsham ; W. companies »fP“ rt tf duty he said Thomkinson ...

... rights, not dictating the special mode, but by evoking the right spirit, in which such rights should employed. Wherever this duty is done there will necessarily be evolved such amount of popular sentiment as will force itself into suitable outward expression ...