... would be £2,(iuu,ood. Uuubn proposed to reduce the duty on fire iasmnnea to uniform rate of eightcenpence from tha Wfe of June next, and to substitute for the duty one ■ fire insurance policies stamp duty of ana pMUj. this arrangement there would be lorn ...

... e to the duty. He was willing to allow that 20 per cent. of the price of beer WAS due to the duty on malt. what reduction of the malt duty would sensibly diminish the price of beer. The duty was now 2s Bjd a bushel. If they reduced the duty ...

... sixpenny duty proper y them rather than a ss. duty which they only L«Hn very few instances. The duty on reas being burdensome; duty ou fire slides in marine insurance was also be reduced ; and lastly, a change would be made in the stamp ...

... forward his amendments of the Stamp Acts as in the Budget. On Tuesday, Mr. Maguire will draw public attention to the grievances of the paper makers by the abolition of the import duty on foreign paper, while the foreign export duty onrags isin full operation ...

... the came su Tt Mr, Wi were not some su resting himself upon ‘as to ‘duty to God,’ was of Weare eourse wo! Be 't is rarely, ean ever be j justifi bi setting up vate notions of his © duty the law of the any > 4 he so, it. is at just el but at all oventa, ...

... in favour of abolishing the Oorenuneat duty, he bad come to the conclusion to reduce the duty one half. j, say, that instead of paying 3e. per cent, upon these policies, would reduce to Is. 6d., and the policy stamp, which was before cl arged Is., will ...

... irehins ?? - He proposed to reduice tbe duty cnt, from 3a. per cent to Is' 66., to';take effect from the 20th she June next, anil likewise to abolish the stamp duty of Is. on the polici*as idito shbstitute a penny stamp. This latter alters- hen tion would ...

... SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, The Times refers to the ticbate on the solicitors’ stamp duty, which it thinks likely to have been inepired emongst the friends of that profession in the House by a foreknows ledge of the approaching elections, rather than by any ...

... most Wealthy and powerful prof salon. He bed never declared that the duty should be permanent. He to spentlate on the permanency of any duty. Pam must be maintained ; but this duty was fairly open the consider- Mon of the House, though not nuder present ...

... fleeing from the oppression of the North, and will introduce another element of discord. A despotism ol the Thibd Napoleon stamp would be a blessing for these distracted communities. Miserable game is that which Austria and Prussia are playing in the ...

... rights on either side would cease. STAMP DUTY ON MARRIAGE LICENSES. In reply to Sir J. Ferguson, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said no instructions had been given by the Board Inland Revenue to exact stamp duty of ss. on marriages celebrated by clergymen ...

... Boys' Industrial School premises in the Island. The property belonged to Mr. Stamp, timber merchant, who had leased to the school committee for their benevolent purpose. Mr. Stamp had also purchased a namber of houses contiguous, which had been cleared of ...