The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-13 00:00:00

THE STAGE CARRIAGE TRADE.

Yesterday a numerous deputation of stale carriage
proprietors, conslating_ of representatives from Birmingham,
Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, and other provincial towns,
as well as from the metropolis, waited on the Chancellor of tae
Exchequer on the subject of the mileage duties at pre. eat
amenable on stage carriages and omnibuses. The deputa-
tion was intraced by Mr. W. Williams, M.P., and sup-
ported by other members of the House of Commons.
Mr. J. E. BRADFIELD, secretory to the Stage Carriage
Committee, at great length, laid before the right hon. sentle-
man the complaint of the trade, representing, among other
things, that when the act at present in force for the amen-
went of stage carriages was passed the amount earned by
the stage coaches was, on an average, 2e. W. per mile. The
mileage duty was fixed at lid., which, at the then
earnings, was in fact one of 5 per cent. The prin-
ciple of the act was to create an equality of taxa-
tion os stage carriages and railways, for 5 per cent.
was charged in the act on the passenger traffic receipts of
railways. Stage carriages and railways were thus intended
to be taxed alike, and what the deputation asked was
simply that their trade should be placed in the position of
equality which the legislature intended them to enjoy ; for
since the sot passed, the railway competition, by coming
the stage-coach fares to be bisected, and diminishing the
traffic on the public roads, had raised the duty they paid
from 6 per ant. to an average of 15 per cent. Mr. Bradfield
then pointed out the great concessions which the railways
had obtained; and having touched upon the duties affect-
ing the omnibus trade, and on the act passed in 1853 for the
assessment of poet horses, remarked that the continuance of
the mileage duty was diminishing the eeeee ue, which wo3ld
be Ineressed if the government would relieve their com-
plaints. They wanted to be placed in the position eontem-
plated by the set of 1842, or to have the duty so reduced as
to enable Mem to keep their vehicle,' on the road.
Other gentlemen having expressed their views,
The Cusscrxioa of the BICH EQuie replied that they
had stated their care very fairly. He agreed with them
that the mileage duty was productive of inconvenience, but
the war would not allow, at present, of its diminuticn.
He would not, however, lose sight of their complaint.
The deputation then withdrew.

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