... mortgaged the deceased, the stamp duty shall chargeable only on the value of the estates after the nmount of such mortgage debts has been deducted. Previous to tho passing of this Act it had been the custom to charge the probate duty on tho total value of the ...

... opposed the abolition of the paper and stamp duty, as he said at the time, simply because the finances of the. country would not allow it. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Lloyd) and Dr. Evans were in favour of the repeal of the paper and stamp duty. ...

... of Commerce, the Education of the People, the Reduction of National Expenditure, the Abolition of Compulsory Church-rates, the Adoption of the Ballot, the Abolition of University Tests, and the Extension of the Franchise. With reference to the nuch-Tcxcd ...

... of the count, voting in opposition to their own, may feci polled by a sense of public duty to choo.‘ latter. The passing of the Reform Bill ol and of the abolition of the Corn Laws in 184-6 occasions of this kind. The Lords quite ultimately gave way both ...

... time, in addition tbe heavy duty upon paper, the stamp upon every newspaper was 4d. What you think our friend behind us from the Daily Post would say it the Chancellor of the Exchequer were to propose put futirpenny stamp upon the Daily Post But that ...

... Extension of Commerce, the Education of the People, the Reduction of National Expenditure, the Abolition of Compulsory Church-rates, the Adoption of the Ballot the Abolition University Tests, and the Extension of the Franchise. With reference to the much-vexed ...

... deem to be the duty of every Government fair and legitimate means, to favour and promote. The report of the Committee on the Malt Tax now published. Should I succeed the object of ambition, and chosen as your representative. it will be my duty, when that ...

... Row. Uolborn. Further Abolition of Customs Duties.- At the meeting of the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr. Patterson, the President, suggested adoption of memorial favour of the abolition of Customs duties on all articles other ...

... service, under the authority of Elizabeth, chap. 4, sec. 4S. The lower rate of newspaper advertisements, owing to the abolition of the stamp duty, has, no doubt, rendered newspapers important auxiliaries in bringing about engagements of this kind. But the Register ...

... £513,000. The customs duty on foreign spirits showed an increase of £126,000., principally under the head of Geneva and other spirits, but there had been a falling off in the duty upon rum ; there was also an increase the excise duty upon the sugar used ...

... leader and the devil. It was edifying spectacle to see men who were appointed and paid to visit the sick, and discharge the duties Christian clergymen making use malevolent expressions of this character. One such man did more harm to the Church than half ...

... would support the Irish Church long as they bad the means doing so, feeling that the abolition of the Church in Ireland must inevitably be followed by the abolition of the Established Church in England. Witn respect to the charter to the Roman Catholic ...