... Minute from the Governor on the proposed Stamp Duties Act was read and laid on the table. His Excellency's reasons for the introduction of the Stamp Tax may be briefly eummarized as follows :—(a) To enable the abolition of Harbour dues ; (b) To meet necessary ...

... document, and in 'articular the unctuous referenees to the Crowu, the Gracious Sovereign. and our beloted Sovereign, stamp it unmistakably as Mr &toper's compositiou. A fes extracts from it will be m.te:rtaiuing—both for their falsity and their fulsome ...

... members the duty on arrowroot was fixed at 1/6 the 100th.., that is. 50% more thee the original duty. Our Committee receninend that the duty be put at 2/6 the The value of arrowroot as stated by the Committee, shows that it can well bear a duty of 2/6 per ...

... unanimously appointed. Consequent on the above the Revd. G. T. Bowen will, we are :informed, assist Mr. Sisnett in his Rectorial duties. The Lord Bishop licensed the newly appcinted Vicar yesterday and also granted a general license to the Revd. S. Enos Knight ...

... reason to doubt that all the more important of the European Powers would be only wo ready to take pan in a conterence for the abolition of the bounties. Such a conference, if appointed, would probably proceed on exactly the same lines as Baron de Worms's Confetence ...

... West Indies is ascribed mainly to the loss of revenue from the sale of postage stamps. Apparently stamp collectors Are losing zeal in the collection of those most beautiful stamps. Mulhall estimates that the civilized nations pay annually $13,700,000,000 ...

... peasant expatriation. held that the first duty of a landed mistocracy in to protect and cherish the local population, the wont and healthy peasantry who are the the seminary of the state. Whoever neglects this duty, and holds lauds for the mere purpose of ...

... was shared by two other Bills both of which wets passed unanimously by the House, namely a Bill having for its object the stamping out of the cane disease, and a Bill for the abolislimeot imprisonment for taxes. The attitude of the Council on these two ...

... Indian Famine Fund. They had no money, but were each allowed a tworent stamp for a weekly letter to their friends. Fifty-two of the prisoners voluntirily surrendered these stamps to the warders one week, and thus contrived to contribute a dollar to the ...

... Gladstone. He consented to accept the duty (April 23). and his Cabinet was constructed with a view to conciliate and to represent the different sections of the Liberal majority. Mr. Gladstone himself superadded to his duties as First Lord of the Treasury the ...

... measure whioh maid be submitted for purehming both the Bridgetown Water Works Uorapany said the Water Supply to • Bill fur stamping out the cane dise•se which las thee rampant; and to • schema for Control Faetcriea. EXecit- I During remise a despatch from ...

... by DO means diminished the supply of honey juice stored in our sugar lands. Well will it be for our island if instead of stamping out our industry the great bounty-made crisis should have the effect of improving the processes for reaping and manufacturing ...