... ceived in 14.64-5 directly as the Excise duty ou umbrellas. was £22,230. No one can be surprised at finding that the Commissioners shout.' recomniend the abolition of all minor Excise duties, keeping only the duties on spirits, beer, cotton, tobacco, and ...

... improvement and adornment of the city. He objected to any mere tinkering of the Act; but held that this ” local pest ” should be stamped out” for ever. The present incumbents of the churches had no doubt life interest in the matter which must be held sacred; ...

... after a few observations approved of. In accordance with previous resolution, committee presented report of the emoluments and duties of the superintendent of the churchyard, from which it appeared that, taking the average of the last five years, the supe ...

... become void at the end of the third year by non-payment of the stamp duty of £5O then payable, and nearly 90 per cent. become void at the end of the seventh year, when a further stamp duty of £lOO is payable. There are fees payable in the earlier stages ...

... _ANNOTrY . TAS ABOLITION ACT . A _report _was _brought np _from the _Lord _Provost's _Conunittee _recommending the Conncll to _petition the Home of _Commons for a _Special Committee to _inquire Sato the _subject of the _Annuity-tax _Abolition Act . The minute ...

... _adopted at the iiublic _meeting ; held in _Queen _Street Hall on _'Wednesday night _last _, as to , tp tlio i _Annuity-tax _Abolition'Act , wcra laid on the table ; and a _deputation , which was ; in attendance to • srippMt them , 'was _introduced • by Bailie ...

... 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 ...

... addition to ! their present wages, besides the abolition of the bondage system.” It was for the meeting now to consider whether they would not Jay aside the £5 at the present time, and stand out only for the I abolition of bondage. (Cheers ) For his part, he ...

... rendered _them _. In the _course of _his statement , the _Chairman mentioned that the petition from the Chamber for the abolition of the Law of Hypothec would be presented in the _House of Lords by the _Duke of Bnccleuch ; and _the petition _regarding ...

... 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 ...

... ambassador at Vienna bee forwarded to kis lordship copy of an Austrian decree, regarding the duty on herriup imported into Austria, from which it appease that a duty of SOL per barrel of a given weight will be levied, and that the gross weight for whole barrels ...