... instanciug the Beform Bill of 1832, Municipal and Corporations Bill, Abolition of Slavery, the repeal of the Corn and Navigation Laws, repurl’ of the paper and stamp duty, and the abolition of church ratek. In those days many persons having a conscientious ...

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

... 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 hall-marking. Referring to the duty ques- tion, the petition is as follows: “That petitioners ...

... taxation, amoog which may be named the abolition of the hawker's Leetasse —a kindness vhopkeepers may fall to appreelute —Mr. proposes certain new stamp duties on transactions hitherto exempt. And to increase tlce stamp duty payable by ...

... NOTICES. THE ELICTORS OF BUCKROSE. Although I felt it my duty in the autumn of last year Eti.te tD the Pre Bid of the Conservative Association that was not my intention to seek re-eVction. I have hitherto delayed taking any farther step. I feel, however ...

... the Daily Oazeteer. It may be added that in 1846, seven yean before the abolition of the advertisement duty, and nine yean before the sweeping away of the compulsory newspaper stamp, there were W1 journals In the United Kingdom ; but in the thirty-five ...

... the 20th inst. CANADA. Ottawa, Wednesday. In to-day’s sitting of the Dominion House of Commons the bill for repealing the stamp duties on promissory notes passed the third reading. The Hon. A. P. Caron, Minister of Militia, announced that a brigade camp ...

... been stamped at Somerset House—said to be the first mention of adhesive stamps to be found in British law-books. The system thus inaugurated now yields a revenue of at least £200,000 a year, while our contemporary computes that in 1879 the stamp duty ...

... been stamped at Somerset House— said to be the first mention of adhesive stamps to be found in British law-books. The system thus inaugurated now yields a revenue of at least £200,000 a year, while our contemporary computes that in 1879 the stamp duty ...

... and kills a crow. There 1s as little objection among workers in silver to the abolition of the duty silver as there was among workers in general to the abolition of the duty on paper. The only argument for the re- tention of theexistingduty on silver- ...

... procuring the removal many those burdens which are comprehensively described aa taxes on knowledge. The abolition of the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, aod the excise on paper were bis latest achievements, aod were recognised by testimonial which his ...

... largely consumed by the people, thus laying the foundation of Mr. Bright s Free Breakfast Table. 14. Abolition in 1865 of the compulsory stamp on newspapers, whioh had been imposed by the Tones for the purpose of preventing the diffusion of political ...