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Page 120
... Fire Insurance and other duties - Favourable reception of the Budget - Objections raised to the proposed prepayment of certain taxes by Mr. Ward Hunt and other Members -Difficulties suggested in regard to the Bank of England and the ...
... Fire Insurance and other duties - Favourable reception of the Budget - Objections raised to the proposed prepayment of certain taxes by Mr. Ward Hunt and other Members -Difficulties suggested in regard to the Bank of England and the ...
Page 123
... fire insurance duties an announcement which was very favourably received . This last reduction , however , would only be made from Midsummer next . Mr. Lowe next explained with much minuteness a compre- hensive scheme for the ...
... fire insurance duties an announcement which was very favourably received . This last reduction , however , would only be made from Midsummer next . Mr. Lowe next explained with much minuteness a compre- hensive scheme for the ...
Page 125
... fire duty , the insurance duty , the corn duty , and the penny reduction from the Income - tax . The whole amount of the revenue dealt with is 14,053,000l . , the amount will be , after these remis- sions , 10,993,0007 .; the net ...
... fire duty , the insurance duty , the corn duty , and the penny reduction from the Income - tax . The whole amount of the revenue dealt with is 14,053,000l . , the amount will be , after these remis- sions , 10,993,0007 .; the net ...
Page 126
... fire duty . I need not say a word more to gentlemen anxious to reduce the burdens on the poor about the remission of the corn- tax . I can only express my hope that I have been fortunate enough to make , on the part of the Government ...
... fire duty . I need not say a word more to gentlemen anxious to reduce the burdens on the poor about the remission of the corn- tax . I can only express my hope that I have been fortunate enough to make , on the part of the Government ...
Page 196
... fire insurance you have met a long - cherished wish of the community ; and in the removal of the duty on corn Her Majesty sees new evidence of your desire to extend industry and commerce , and to enlarge to the uttermost those supplies ...
... fire insurance you have met a long - cherished wish of the community ; and in the removal of the duty on corn Her Majesty sees new evidence of your desire to extend industry and commerce , and to enlarge to the uttermost those supplies ...
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