Report From The Select Committee On Newspaper Stamps Together With The Proceedings Of The Committee Minutes Of Evidence Appendix And Index

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Download or read book Report From the Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report From the Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps: With the Proceedings of the Committee The duty on newspapers is imposed by the Act 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 76, and is as follows: For every sheet or other piece of paper whereon any newspaper shall be printed, 1 d. A further additional duty of 1/2 d. and 1 d. is imposed in case the paper exceeds certain sizes specified in the Act. These additional duties are, practically, not incurred. On supplements not exceeding a certain size, 1/2 d. These duties are declared to be payable on - 1st. Any paper containing public news, intelligence or occurrences printed in any part of the United Kingdom, to be dispersed and made public. 2d. Also, any paper printed weekly or oftener, or at intervals not exceeding 26 days, containing only, or principally, advertisements. 3d. Also, any paper containing any public news, intelligence or occurrence, or any remarks or observations therein, printed for sale, and published periodically, or in parts or numbers, not exceeding 26 days between the publication of any two such papers, parts or numbers, when any of the said papers, parts or numbers respectively shall not exceed two sheets of the dimensions specified, or shall be published for sale for a less price than 6 d., exclusive of the duty by the Act imposed. The net produce of these duties, in the year 1850, was 350,418 l.; and, on an average of the years 1848, 1849 and 1850, amounted to 350,545 l. per annum. It appears from the evidence of Mr. Keogh and Mr. Timm, that in the opinion of the Board of Inland Revenue, there are three classes of publications legally liable to the newspaper stamp: 1. Any paper containing public news, without reference to price, size, interval of publication, or to its being published more than once. 2. Any paper printed at less intervals than 26 days, containing only or principally advertisements. 3. Any paper containing remarks on public news printed at less intervals than 26 days, where the price is less than 6 d., or the size less than two sheets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works