... with the completion of the war with Russia. That year saw one Liberal measure passed by the Government-the abolition of the compulsory newspaper stamp; but Lord John Russell's secession, in consequence of the breakdown of his Vienna negotiations, appeared ...

... interdict the publication of, or withhold his stamp of approbation from, any pedigree of which the compiler cannot produce legal evidence. Hovw the above fat volumes would dwindle and diminish ! In fine, male his duty retrospective-that of preserving existing ...

... price of salt in the minor presidencies, as it tends towards the desirable end of an equalization of salt duties throughout India and the abolition of that abominable anachronism, the inland customs line. While on this subject I may mention that the ne ...

... an increase on 1867Of ?? 137,072 JOnIN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. The Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE. COMPANY beg to intimate that no Duty will be chargeable on any Insurances effected on and after this date ...

... must be recollected that the abolition of the duty on corn has been in force since the beginning of the quarter, during a portion of which our importations of grain have been unusually large. But for the remission of the duty, the import of the three m ...

... Propertv in foreign countries insured. Duty on Insurances in the SUN in 1868, .Cl2o,637. No DUty no.e payable. FMPERIAL IRE OFFICE, No I, I 01.T) BROADuSTREET, E.C., and No. i6, PALL- StALL, W. ABOLITION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. Insinances against Fire can be ...

... Office, Royal Exchange, London; Branch, 29, Pall-mall. Fire, Life, and Marine Assurances onliberal terms. PRoPosED ABOLITION Or FiRE DUTY. The Duty on all Insurances is now charged to the 24th of June only, and no further payment will be required if it be then ...

... 419 Total Invested Funds of the Company .. t,910,2O5 Fire Assurances are exempt from the payment of Government duty. No charge for policy stamps. Attention is requested to the Life Department, and to the printed Statement of Accounts, a copy of which may ...

... on liberal terms, PROPOSED ABOLITION OF FIRE DUTY. The Duty on all Insurances is now charged to the 24th of June only, and no further payment will be required if it be then abolished. No charge is made for Fire Policy or Stamp. Life Assurances with or without ...

... wiser to confine their duties to the simple task of deciding whether any particular person is or is not qualified for any par- ticular appointment, instead of entrusting to them the much more difficult and the wholly unnecessary duty of determining on which ...

... just taken a significant step in domestic legislation. They have abolished the stamp duty on newspapers, and to make up the deficiency thus occasioned have raised the duty on spirits, which is now 3 florins per ioo litres. The bill enacting these changes ...

... recklessness or dishonesty in incurring the debt or evading payment. So far, indeed, the bill will effect only a formal abolition of what has practically been abolished before. The deficiency of the present law arises from these two causes:-First, so ...