... half millions actually accruing to the revenue. Because the duties on wines, the Inverses of the rich and well-to-do claw, have been lowered 60 per cent. since the year 1859, the average wine duties having been 2d per gallon in 1859, while they ere only 2s ...

... the heel. remedy would be to repeal the stamp duty on newspapers at once. Sir F. Tbesiger described the difficulty there was in framing a Bill to meet the case. _ Mr Cobden also urged the abolition of the stamp on news' papers, owing to the difficulty ...

... • Excise . . . . 22,420,000 Stamps 9,400,0(0 (in whicla shall safthe probate, legacy, and me ow sion duties, and the matches, are included). . . • • 28,00000 Taxes . 2,210,000 Post-OMM . . 4 ,6 70,000 750,000 : : : 375,000 4,100,000 Makin . . 2,305,000 ...

... of the duty on hops, as he will not pay more duty for the barrel than the .brewer who sends out sweet ales. The abolition of the duty on hops of British growth will doubtless in time lead to something like a corresponding reduction in the ...

... TERMS FO BR AGBICULTURBIST. ORTH BRITL EDITION, Stamped, 18s per annam. do. art SUPP: LEMENT, o., a Onpans payable to REID. th British Agriculturist WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1865 ATTLE DISEASES PREVENTION BILLS. gz Government has resolved not to Parliam ...

... ounces of plate quantity of silver. The remit will be a loss of 21500 these licence duties amount altogether to AO. The next item I oome to that of stamps. The stamp laws the House is aware, commenced as early as the reign of William 111., and are spread ...

... the revenue could not span the paper duty, it was no argument against the mace smaller amount of the hop duty. The circumstances of the two taxes were dissimilar. The pspermakera could regulate the supply ; bat the duty compelled the hop-growers tones* into ...

... THE WZ' K: A SCOTTISH ECCLESIASTIO4 NaWS. Since the Abolition of the Newspaper Stamp, a change has been taking place in the Newspaper Litigators el the country, which the recent Repeal of the Paper Duty MD greatly accelerate. Already Daily Papers have almost ...

... France has done a the du’ rather than duties. The many cases, to Bri on French brandy was a we are not with revenue duties. Can we regard the duties upon as brandy is and wine as revenue dnties ? of the wine duty is a very , Weare met that wine is rich ...

... Chechare of of slip- Commerce in waited oa on the abolition of light Chancellor of the the opinion mode of co was the best. He in- od timated that lighte, buoys, relieved on they might be called on to pay stamp duty on the taxation of property which te now exempt ...

... the revenue from stamps, but still we could hardly have expected mob results as these. We reduced stamps on deeds from 36s to 10s, and instead of losing by that we have realised £lOO,OOO. (Cheers.) We did away with the ad eaterest duty on bills at i ght ...

... course to be taken by those who are accountable for payment of duty in respect of any sue• cession, Mr Mailings moved the omission of the provision that if the duty assessed should exceed tht duty assessable, according to the returns made to the Commissioners ...