The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

TEE INLAND REVENUE.

This morning was leaned the first report of the
Commimioners of Intend Revenue. In this demoseset,
which Is of considerable length, the cemendrelesma mew
the changes that have occurred in the &glee et werbe,
stamen and taxes Once the year 1848, at the and d Aida
year those branches of revenue were plated wake
the superintendence of the Board of Comtnieshente.
Ia • voluminous appendix they supply aloe a complete set of
tabular stemmata, chewing the variations in the eseigte
from each duty from its origin to the present time.
The ant subject treated of in the repot Is
Visits. In 1810, the duties were on
that in Scotland and Ireland morn ear
the
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gefinelies a/ ado took place, which wa afterwards
feloasi M IbliirnA, the result of which was that in.lBll
etirrir spirits
_legally made in the KONA
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as se Passbliko, Is Kent, by /midst at the Commie-
denessolle own of which is tie peinee• spirit valuable
forask to en tae ex see of its memilleetr's, and to leave
the beetroot by the preem. was certain source of
wait to the gamer. The abolition el the stock and permit
1= Atin
1 has, west detriment te the femme y n-
the , and Aided raving of' 66,0001. per
lad la dr ealimien d mil duly, two frauds especially
difficult% wee% apple ts Asse perplexed the comma-
sienna : aussesdas d Ibs greet in the couch,
and the substitallen d arm gisia for malt
The
various ingenuides d Se War Ind Ism been
entsfeetorily met Iv as sal pima Int swam which
psovides that all soda Is Ile mat-roseter's
shall be deemed meneilledi miles the plural& have
intended half the length d r grain.
The amount of duty collected from railways is steadily in-
creasing ;but the report animadverts on the loom manned by
cheap incursion trains, which, although highly profitable to
the companim, are shining thee:meridian from duty accorded
to the compulsory canine of the poem claws by third-
class trains.
In the stamp duties considerablenductions have been made
Ones 1849. The general effect nems to have been great relief to
the public, attended with but littleloes, and in some instance.
with absolute benefit, to the revenue.
The income tax, being the most important of all the duties,
receives an extended notice. The oeumsnotters give • sketch
its history from its first imposition, by Mr. Pitt, in
1798, and point out briefly the attendee. in prin-
ciple and the various modification. since intro-
duced. The present system of charging incomes upon
property and males commenced in 1803, when a
poundage rate, varying from 3d. to ltd. in the pound, wee
rumored upon all income. between 601. and 1501. a-yrue, and
per cent. upon .11 beyond. The melts of farmers were
essoreed to be three-fourths of the rent in England and
mm-half in Scotland. The exemption of inoimor below 601.
, wee, however quickly altered to bee io COINCIIWICe
u persons living in easy circumstance+, nay, even in
gereed affluence returning their income under 601., although
Iheir annual esienditere has been treble that sum, and to
lilies then wee no ground for imputing extravagance."
]p 7r alteration to 601. the former returns were made
rueful sa detectives. In 1818 the tax
teasel and wan net revived nail 1842, when It was
mehntioeed by Sir R. Peel. It pendant in the that year of
Its re-amewneent 6,608,0801. In 1861, a meanie of Widens
granted to farmers, permitting them, If they had narcotised
the aasumed profit of one-half the rant in England, and twe-
tbirds in Seotland.to attend before the district comminieners,
and obtain a reduction of the charge to the amount of profits
setnelly acquired. In 1863 the tax was re-imposed for seven
years, with various alterations, end on the declaration of war
with 'Wain it was found necessary to double it. A
further ion rcsee was imposed from the 6th of
April 1856, and the amount now leviable le
Is. 4d. in the pound on incomes of 150/. and spuumbori
111 d. en incomes between 1001. and 1501. The aside si
present samennent shows Increased retinue el tweine be
real property under schedule A, and lower wimp Ason per
tits of trade and prefemioes ender atholde D. Ms or I
turns for the city of Louden are, lemmek_ewinneepe
lion, chewing an improvement In undo m„ bee
year over the returns of the yearreeedies. lung doe
large cities, and is West Yortobbe, r lads Mom sus she
considerably increased, whenaa In lemeleml Amy
decrease of 102,0001. Seellaud Ibsen nalmpeovs
ment in tenant fanners' profits d NAIL ; while
the only eight counties he England eldds show
a Aguilar advance worth notice, der se to only half
that amount.
There are various other fined meemwes treated of in
the report, of slighter impatience lima ebe foregoing, but
nevertheless full of briery* le el was may dense to be-
come acquainted with the Wary d =ism taxation in
England.
The report Is Add Or AA at IMsom7, 1&57 ; with the
appendices it hems a Ike bulk el weds el 220 page.

Mr. J. T. Smith, of Melbourne, remits the
munidoent awn of 6001. to the Soldiers' Daughters Home,
Hampstead, sod prosaism to send rely shortly another
donation to the same amount. This gentleman, once
Sunday-school scholar in London, has been four times
sleeted lord Bleyor of Melbourne, and is at present a
member el the LegialstlesAssmably of AM colony.

In the cane of the Tipperary Bank, • call of 2501.
a 'bare has been node by the muter on all liable in the
fine area