... in the budget donated £835 million to measures to help the highest earners. For example, a change in the rate of stamp duty and the abolition of investment income surcharge—in complete contrast to their action on housing benetfit. “Let us consider the other ...

... Lordships to pass the Income- pro} tax Bill and the Stamp Duties Bill before the Easter recess. Any discussion upon the financial propo tions of the Government could be taken on the Paper ter. Duty Bill or the Customs Bill after The Earl of Dery believed ...

... body of life-renters and annuitants, The only remedy he considered adequate was the abolition of entails and the simplification of titles to land, reduction of stamp-duty and arems’ fees for deeds, and the alteration of the law of succession and primogeniture ...

... of duty on coffee having been inconsiderable—-only £157,000; while the consumption had increased 8 per cent In the Customs duties an augmentation was shown on spirits, tobacco, wine, and sugar. had overt °pped the estimate by £2,470,000, the duty on spirits ...

... the country. A Return to Former Conditions. '1 lie abolition of the halfpenny postage like taking back to the last link the old newspaper stamp duty. When the duty paper was repealed the compulsory stamp was still retained, but it was used ...

... same thing might have been, and was,, said regarding the paper duty. When newspapers were sold at or 6d the paper duty formed very small portion of the price imposed on the article. Yet the duty would always have served to keep up the price, and we could ...

... tion. The following are the Budget points bmef No m Tneome-tax. Super-tax, or Estate Duties. Abolition of existing duty of 4d per Ib. on ‘Past CCE and coffee duties unaltered, Betting tax repealed frou to-day and an alternative levy made on bookmakers ...

... at noon to-day. The President's Message recommends the modification of the tariff and the abolition of all internal taxes, except on spirits, tobacco, and stamps. The Message, in alluding to the relations with Great Britain, says:—'• This year has witnessed ...

... persons held more than 11J millionacres. The only remedy he considered adequate was the abolition entails and the simplification of titles to land, reduction of stamp-duty and agents’ fees for deeds, and the alteration of the law of succession and primogeniture ...

... After a few remarks from Earl Grey, the motion was withdrawn. March 3J, Their Lordships assembled to-day, in order that the Stamp Duties Rill and the Income-tax Rill, after being read third time in the Commons, might brought up to their Lordchips' House, and ...

... thereof assemble Parliament in the autumn. Ayrton gave notice that he should shortly move resolutions in favour of abolition of the paper duty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the attention of Government had been called to the contract entered into ...

... hand, he determined he would no party such a state of things. The hon. gentleman said they could not stamp purchase out of the army; but they bad stamped it out of every other service under the British Crown. lon'g the Government permitted commissions to ...