... 'ag extent. The duty on 'pepper last year -was £124,000,' and allowing' for' the' months which had elapsed, the abolition of 'this, duty would take a further sum from the t surplus of £112,000. He net proposed to ap- portion the duties from locomotion ...

... because the duties of the one wereB mot the duties of the other, and the salaries were Pi calculated on a totally different basis. Bat he fo had a stronger fault to find with this most in. yf judicious comparison. It ought to be a duty A to make the ...

... further loss of £207,000 on account of the Tea Duty may be assumed to be compensated for by the growth of that and other Customs Duties, and the second instalment of ;£260,000 on account of the Fire Insurance Duty may, perhaps, be also neglected. It would ...

... would be relieved of that duty Seeing that Mr Irvine's position and duties bad i thus been altered, it became the duty of the committee to ascertain what salary should be given to Mr Irvine for the performance of these duties. They came to the conclusion ...

... again broken out in the Edinburgh dairies. Its reappearance in Aberdeenshire is fullycoufirmed, but it is hopedl that the stamping-out process will again prove effectual in ebhecking its extension. The British League Bible Classes in Edinburgh and Leith ...

... arrested the pulse of her heart. Her Majesty's reception on her reappearance in public life, and in the discharge of the duties of her high vocation, was, as will readily be con- ceived, enthusiastic in the extreme, the crowded audience cheering most ...

... There is one article which produces of more than half of the list, 1 am sorry , Ito say, and that is the duty on ardeatt mn- spirits. There is also a duty on corn which pro. r a duces half a million . Now, if you were to add at these various taxes together ...

... the present E Parliament as' one of' 'an essentially 'stamping-out r character; ' Having endeavoured to stamp out the F enia. t conspiracy and the cattle plague, it had'most effectually t stamped out Lord Russell's Government, Without 'the i slightest ...

... ths3last year h e , was slected to the Head Mastership of Marlborough College- a post which he only quitted to enter upon the duties of bis bishopric, - 's-> a, t . Awsorrespqe4.oi the Lceaaf il Gti gives a lament &j able ?? of the state of things i 'stbe ...

... elebtion 'wouszd take place' ?? ?? i ?? Gt Mr rclh drte tteuaio''if tbe Hor,' to the effect of existing.differential sugar duties. On thewunderstaidding 'thatIGovernithoet woul~J - deal with tjihuestion ir'ieieriui-ing'bession, the 9 d ,acPion',r d. , ...

... opening the proceedings, t said-Gentlemuen, my first (duty is to tbank you t for the honour you have don moe in calling me to s this chair. I could have desired, that oneimore w able to dischargq its duties had been selected, but as it was considered right ...