... jjillions a year to the Treasury : such as the increase of the tax ou personal pro- perty, the abolition of free towns, and the new J addition to ihe stamp duties. The measures which are to re-establish the equilibrium of the budgets ; will come by aud by ...

... support such a plan at present. M-. Lubbock then ! avowed 'iims«lf .in favour of the abolition of ?? rates, and au aiteratiowiu- the present system of tne paper duties, as rogs wereriiw exported dutyfree, giving a large bonus to the foreign paper manufacto^r ...

... question now before us ? Are we asked to censider tbe abolition of the malt duty, or are we asked to c- insider its reduction? I put aside the question of abolition. The abolition of the malt duty would be the death warrant *f the whole of ...

... reduction of the duty on fire insurances. He proposed to reduce the duty from 3s. per cent, to Is. 6d., to J take efi'.ct from the 20th June next, and likewise to abolish tlie stamp duty of ls. on policies, and to substitute a penay stamp. ...

... and while veterans, who have served with statesmen whose memories are now his- torical, are sfeill discharging the everyday duties of government, he has passed from among us after only a very short interval from the dis- charge of some of the most important ...

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