... drew to the fact that there in the Stamp A:t provided that marino policies made abroad on behs!f of insurers in the United Kingdom, should bec hargeable with the stamp duty, and that such policies should be stamped within two months after being received ...

... 000 This surplus Mr. Gladstone proposes to apply to the repeal of the duty on timber ; the exqualisation of the duty on wine in bottles to that on wine in wood the abolition of the duty on pepper the reduction of the mileage dues from one penny to one farthing ...

... This surplus Mr. Gladstone proposes ta e apply to the repeal of the duty on timber; the e equalisation of the duty on wine in bottles to t that on wine in wood; the abolition of the Y duty on pepper; the redluctiomi of the mileage s dues from onepennyto ...

... glt The stamp duties were next dealt with. anti by The tax on life assurance was reduced from 2s. nult ind. to 6d., the penny receipt stamp on all that [i-amounts of £2 and upwards was substituted keel in for the previous rates, and the duties on inden- ...

... Chancellor of the Exchequer was lh willing to meet those wislhes by fixing the duty on wine at is. per gallon in casks and bottles alike; but whether. the entire abolition of the corn duty was contemplated. remanied to be seen..-Mr. Rawlins said lie supposed it ...

... of the Church-rates Abolition Bill, or whether he will consent to postpone the consideration of that resolution until the House has determined the main question raised by th« bill, namely, the absolute and unconditional abolition of Church-rates, without ...

... alterations in the stamip duties ; the doubling of of the duty on chicory; the continuance of the 't tea and sugar duties at the existing rates for co one year, and the icoelie tax at 9id. in the al pound; and.the repeal of the paper duty. The ralresult of these ...

... to equalize the duties on wine in bottles with those on wine in wood, which, after making all necessary allowances, would cost the revenue about £58,000. A further sum of £112,000 he proposed to devote to the total abolition of the duty on pepper; and ...

... enlitlM now to «ay abolition without substitute is least .J* / it is of the utmost ™P OTtan m I write speak out ere the neat stage the but (May 9). I write to ask, on behalf of those who are the Church’s work, for jJ ort l abolition of House Commons against ...

... character, quite as much so as the timber duty. We mean the insurance duty. If the one is tax upon produce, the other is equally tax upon prudence. Mr. Gladstone contends that although in theory the insurance duty is open to that charge practically it is ...

... Oustoms duties in Austria after an early date were not to exceed 25 per cent. ad valerem on any description of British goods. He pro- posed to repeal the duty on timber, and equalise the duty on wine in bottles to the duty on wine in wood ; the ...

... excise duties on the threequarters show a slight increase, from £14,216,000 to *14,307,000 ; the stamp duties have risen from £7,029,000 .n) £7,135,C00, in spite of some minor reductions, and in spite of an abatement of the fire insurance duty, which ...