... 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 ...

... clerk made between £5OO and £6OO a year by appropriating to themselves the discount on stamps allowed to stationers at the Stamp-office. The charge ea to the stamps was not denied, and was declared to be without excuse, dishonest, and disgraceful. Then ...

... 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 ...

... Maguire moved that the position in which the British paper trade had been placed by the abolition of the import duty on foreign paper, leaving the foreign export duty on rags in full operation, is one of great hardship to the British manufacturer, and calls ...

... the North, and our own President had proposed abolition in a way that created suspicion as to his soundness. Mr Tenter said it was time that Congress should express their opinion upon arming slaves, and stamp upon it the indelible stigma of public abhorrence ...

... 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 ...

... l9 3 7 Werke . Rent, Rates, and Taxes Town Clark for disbursements Gas Company to 25th June last Y. Morns Collector, for stamps Lime, Co al. Oil, Brushes, Brooms, 4aGravel Jac. Co., for coal tar id sie RATE ACCOUNT. 484, Sept. I.—Ca.• a. d. Paid Royal ...

... England on account of those losses; and he rejoiced, though the abolition of slavery was not the object of the civil war, that the recent vote of the Federal Congress bad sanctioned the abolition. Lord Derby asked whether any measures bad been taken to meet ...

... attention to certain biils now before the House, for rendering valid letters patent for inventions, which had not been duly stamped within the time limited for that purpose, aud said he did not intend to propose the second reading of the bill unless at the ...

... 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 ...