... ABOLITION OF DISTINCTIVE STAMPS FOR TELEGRAMS. The amimilatior. of the penny adhesive stamps for portal sad Inland Revenue charges having been retitlteli by the public with much satisfaction, it has beet decided to pr .coed further in the same direction ...

... reformed entirely in respect to its taxes and imposts, commencing with the abolition of the monopoly. These reforms will be the work of time. In order to carry out the abolition and provide for the deficit which will result in the revenue estimates, a ...

... to be imported into England on payment of the ruling duty, either by recognising equivalent to Hall marking the stamps of the Indian mints or by affixing special English stamp on payment of the duty, care being taken in the latter case that it should be ...

... London Chamber of Commerce, in favour of the immediate abolition of the duties upon gold and silver plate, and a thorough reform of the laws relating to compulsory ha!l-marking. Referring to the duty ques- tion, the petition is as follows: “That your p ...

... the Board of Trade for the \ears iS,oto 1854, page 7, will find that during the eight years which preceded the abolition, the total duties abolished (a.ter allowing for the is. registration ;ee retained till ISG7, and giving which have on Toe grain imported ...

... THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP. With reference to a recent paragraph respecting the resolation said to have been passed by the Town Coancil of Dundee, to the effect that Mr. James Chalmers was the originator of the adhesive stamp, and not Sir Rowland Hill ...

... London Chamber of Commerce, in fat oar of the immediate abolition of th duties upon gold and plate, and a thorough ref , am of the laws relating to comoulsory ha:l marking. Itefereittg to the duty question, the petition is es follows TIM your petitioners ...

... appropriated 10s. intrusted to him for stamp fees. In the ordinary coarse office copy of the lodgment Is supplied bearing «d. stamp, which is subsequently obliterated. As judgment had not been signed the office copy stamp could not be officially obliterated ...

... INDIAN COTTON DUTIES. Mr. Armitage, M.P., on Nov. 10, introduced a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to Major Baring, the new Finance Minister for India, when Mr. Lord, as one of . the-spokesmen, urged the abolition of the duties upon cotton ...

... James Mark, Esq., who, in a short address, said the abolition of patronage had given an important impetus to the cause of Disestablishment, and he believed that, a similar result would follow abolition in England. An allusion made to the election of the ...

... apparently had his duties extensively increased, and one thing he had now been charged with was the duty of pre- paring the estimates. But if he turned to the duties of the Financial Secretary, he found that he was charged with the duty of ?? the estimates ...

... experience in general office duties — _ddress W. V., care of Messrs. Street and Co., 30, Cornhill E C* YOUR CHARACTER or your FRIEND'S di- rectly DESCRIBED by HAND WRITING.-For complete Character chart send six stamps and stamped addressed envelope to Frofessor ...