... showed what had been the result when the paper duty was last reduced. Previous to 1836 the duty on nrst-class paper was 3d. per lb., and on second-class paper lid. per lb.; and in 1836 it WAS equalised, the duty being fixrd at ljd. per lb. In 1836 the consumption ...

... your master class (hear, hear). I laboured with earnest men to strike the stamp from newspapers, and to establish a free press, and I am told that since the abolition of that stamp 300 cheap newspapers have sprung into life, con- veying information on every ...

... has been held in Southwark, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain a repeal of the Water- men's Company's Act. The stamp duty on fire insurance, in the vear ended March last, was no less than £ 1,356,069. The Lord Chancellor has just been pleased ...

... subscribed £ 20,000 to send men to parliament of his own stamp. (Applause.) The Chairman has alluded to church rates. He regret- ted that misguided friends of the church refused to support the abolition of church rates. They would not allow the principle that ...

... consulting together on the means to be adopted in opposition to the existing agitation, both in and out of parliament, for the abolition of church-rates, Lord Redesdale said, if ehurch-rates were abolished, he should add to each of his tenants'rent such a sum ...

... as follows Abolition of duties on all articles of French manu- facture. Assimilation of the duties on French spirits with those of English colonies. The duty on those first-named is at present 15s. a gallon, on the others only 7s.; the duty ...

... would be a duty of 69. per cwt. on chicory. yielding £ 90,000. There would be penny stamps ftnd threepenny stamps on certain trade documents: eating' houses, including pastrycooks, would be allowed licenses tOl sell wine or beer. The duty on game certificates ...

... resolutions relating to impose tion of stamps on contract notes, delivery orderss dock warrants, bills, draughts, or orders, extracts from registers, hereditary bonds, agreements, agree, ments for leases, probate duty, powers of appoint- ment, and declarations ...

... resolutions renting to impost4 tion of stamps on contract notes, delivery ordef^i dock warrants, bills, draughts, or orders, extract$ from registers, hereditary bonds, agreements, agree-, ments for leases, probate duty, powers of appoint- ment, and declarations ...

... G. Grey endeavoured to mtro;auce were negative^ after which the house The Income Tasc Bill passed through com-^e^ The Stamp Duties Bill was read a secon,a time. ...

... unnecessary, and directing the plaintiff to pay wates'—Britlcl Mercury, ...

... of revenue. In the year ending March 31, 1860, the net amount of the duty on spirits was £12,J02,1J14, which the additional duty now paid ought to raise to £ 13,802,614. The duties on the kindred articles, wine, hops, and malt, raised this sum to £22 ...