... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Chancellor of the 'Exchequer said that -if tlie old duties continued, and at the sa me rate of prodac- tion, he might calculate upon a ?? of £70,170,000 for the year 180o5-G6; but, as he'remit- ted duties calculated to lose .him£3n ,778,000 in the year, ...

... that duty fixed new Bight prove exorbitantly high before Btny yean were ever. regarded the wishes of A orris for reduction in the English duty on wine and corn, reported (bat the Chancellor of Exchequer wes willing to meet wishes fixing the duty wine ...

... whether, in reference to the Cattle Plague Bill, the compensation clauses could not be put into @ second measure, so that the stamping out bill might be proceeded with without delay. Sir G. Grey said it was impossible to separate the com pensation clauses ...

... excise, Customs, and salt duties, and a decrease on opium, stamps, and public works; and having stated the details of this result, Lord Cranborne proceeded to discuss the peculiarities of the opium, Customs, and salt duties, with the view of showing that ...

... ef some importance to the shippin g trade. hich is i vides for the abolition of tonnage ports from this day , upon the dues jp of Free except those which a i] Datis, differential duties u like the United Stat Si ma, that the English Gov ern pen French ...