... is the duty of each man, individually, to make provision for himself. Let us now go a step further, and lay down another general principle — that this duty is not only an individual duty, a duty each man owes to himself, but it is also a ...

... which bodes ill for the future, and speaks little for the political intelligence of the discontented. The duty is no doubt a burden, but a duty which ought to be gladly borne by all those who have any regard for personal liberty. The jury system is the ...

... Excequer. The Board of Customs has | now become a much less important department J than it used to be. through the abolition of so many of the duties that used to be chargeable on imports and the reduction of others, for which we have in a great measure to thank ...

... which twenty-three merchants, partners in tho largest houses in the corn trade, are accused of defrauding the Government of stamp duties to a very large amount. It is said the fines incurred will exceed two hundred thousand marks. A very successful dairy show ...

... to I support a wife ; and I am sure that if you could assist me in having one I should feel happy. j I enclose you postage stamp for reply; which I hope you will kindly let me know whether I can have one from your place or not, and on what condition. I ...

... steps they had taken, and, by reform, had secured the Abolition of Laws, Free Trade, the Abolition of Taxes, which had given them free paper by the abolition of the duties on advertisements and the stamp on newspapers, by which they were ...

... fifty years, however, have seen a perfect revolution in the daily press. The repeal of the heavy taxes, viz., the Government stamp, the advertisement tax, a:id the paper tax, opened the way to competition, and now there are hundreds of news- papers where ...

... millionaire- was lodged with the authorities at Paisley on Fri- day. The personal estate amounts to nearly £1,400,000 and the stamp duty to £40,000. There is not a single charitable bequest in the will. The Government are determined to pass next bession the ...

... higher classes— provided they fulfilled the duties of their station and position properly — commanded such high respect among those who were below them in social position as they did now. They had all of them duties to fill, and in these days of restless ac- ...

... the Liberal party which had been the means of repealing the duty » B en hundreds of articles. (Cheers.) The speaker then referred to the repeal of tne Navigation laws the abolition of Stamps on Newspapers in 1800, whi h was re-imposed by the House of ...

... nowhere to be found a great part of the time. He did not know where they were, but they were no doubt somewhere doing their duty after their fashion. There was supposed to be a Sunday Closing Act in Wales, and he wished to know how it was there was so ...

... otber country these conveniences are sold by the Post Office at the cost of the stamp alone, the reason being that the labour saved by not obliterating the embossed stamps covers tbe cost of the paper or cardboar j used. If this be true in countries where ...