... prorernent. The question of a stamping depart- ment for Liverpool had for some time enraged the I attention of the committee, and on the 7th July . last the inland Revenue Department announced I thit the limit of stamping at the office in Victoria- st ...

... Mr. Deputy Bedford proposed ?? The Houses s _ of Parliament.-ietr. J.jO. Lawrence, M.P., in reply, w e referred to the coal duty. While admitting that legis- h lation. was generally en the direction of removing taxes hi on necessaries of life, he denied ...

... or pocket. The price is ens for is. or 13 stamps; -two for 2s., or,-3 stamps six for Se., or 60 stamps; twelve for Os., or 108 stamps. We would urge all readers to send at once either postal orders, or stamps, and dirsctgyoulgletters to R. ...

... coldness when compared with iis- former years. A great increase of trade with ro- Belgium is looked for, owing to the abolition of d, he duty on watches by that Government. The he total exportation of watches in 1882 was 154,500 Ie- kilog., or 25,300 more ...

... could be attributetl, ir was statedthiat thelresenlt system of marking thle cases of watches of foreign manufacture with the stamp of the G3oldsmiths' Company Was, in the opilios of the Chamber, injuriously affecting tite watch trade of the district. The ...

... taken cif the tea duty. He pointed out that it would be a valuable concession to the drinkersof tea, Two days afterwards I received a suggestion from a rival, in which he suggested that the tea duty should be increased because it was a duty that did nat fall ...

... COMMERCIAL NOTES. The subject of stamp duties on insurance policies is under the consideration of tha Finance Depart- ment of the Indian Government, with a view to anexamination of how far it is feasibla to moe tie demands lately raised in Calcutta for ...

... TEM aitPX CZAsSM-The United Workmea's Ccnunitteo for the Abolition of the London Coal Tax forwarded on SatUr. daysz memoial to the Chanoellor of th Erchequer on the subject of the Londoan oal duties, in whi they r m a.- Wedesire to stroh gly urge upon your ...

... whichl characterised the increase on tbe In beer duty ats wbolly unjustifiable and liable to re. act 00 the price of barley, and( urged the do. sr mand for the abolition of brewing licensee and 51 beer duties. Tile Chairman then wont on to 01 remark that ...

... confines his recom- mendations as to remissions of internal taxes to the repeal of stamp duties on bank cheques, matches, and proprietary articles, and the ; lessening or abolition of the tax on bank deposits. He also suggests that the Customs revenues might ...

... Eiss Lace. Mr. Torn1 Richtes, Mrs. falietr, Mr. and Mrs. Ueorge Hallest0 Mr. Fl. Page, and Mr. J. II. Ilallelr. PR(POSED ABOLITION 0_0F TUri',NPIKES IE SOUTH L i AVALES. C N EX TN E' CARI)iFF CORPORA. ( Qit lire risting of 1he Cardift Town Council on ...

... land reform, reform of the Door- law s6stem, the abolition of the State-paid bounties, the extension of free trade, and Home Rule and county government. A proposal to add to the programme the abolition of the House of Lords was nezatived by 24 to 2L A ...