... year show an increase of above three millions over the last year, arising almost wholly from the income tax. The customs, stamps, taxes, and the post-office show a falling off of £240 000 on the quarter, and this is the most discouraging feature of the ...

... of the Chinese Foreignoffice—no imbecile officials of the old stamp, but intelligent and educated men—have already been heard to say that if we persist in such demands as that of the abolition of local dues in the port, they may have to tell their Emperor ...

... other from ♦he Congregational Churoh, Lowtbcr Street, Carlisle—tha latter of which eventually accepted 23 —Church Ratos Abolition Bill read second time in House of Lords- Capping*’of medical graduates Mariscbal College. Mr Ward Hunt iotroducea the Budget ...

... ansalgenation of the elms! Boards of Excise, Stamps, and Taxes, which tool Mr. Wood was almirman of the Island Revenue was so beecesplete asomalke in the three remellwed /kiss= clear that are broadly the same duties, ie., gather. tag in the tams of the mentry ...

... from the abolition of the stamp duty now levied on newspapers. He has abandoned the proposition to increase the import duty on tea, and he intends only to raise the duty on spirits by 3f. per 100 litres. It is generally supposed that the ...

... wages, would give to production. The sum now given in the form of Excise duties is ouly so much money withdrawn from the trades which pay them, and the actual operation of Customs duties is to limit the consumption of every family in the kingdom of some articles ...

... phlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser. Me. GLADSTONE'S RETEENCHMENTS.—The Express consider@ that the abolition of the Commissionership of Inland Revenue, made ...

... predecessor, did not discharge all the duties that he did. He had about £370 a year and Colonel Westropp had about £3OO, that the discharging the duties of all the Departments cost them £670. He received £lBO for duties connected with the pipe water, but ...

... are undisciplined and irregular. The distributors of stamps, the collectors and surveyors of taxes, the col- lectors and surveyors of excise, represent three divisions of revenue servants. The duties of tbe former have in certain instances been transferred ...

... paid in advance by means of postage stamps. further charge will be made on delivery of j newspapers. Simultaneously with tho foregoing alteration, the following reduced rates, which must also be prepaid by means of stamps, will chargeable printed papers, ...

... the death of Mr. James Disraeli, is not to be filled up, the Premier considering that the duties of the Board may be discharged by five commissioners. The abolition of the sixth commissionership effects a saving of £1,200 a year. But if this retrenchment ...

... Excise, Stamps, and tax-s which took place when .Mr. John Wood was chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue was far incomplete thai many anomalies in three servic-s , remained unredressed. It stems clear that when what are broadly the same duties, i. c. ...