The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-13 00:00:00

REDUCED AND ABOLISHED TAXES.

The first resolution which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer submitted to the House of Commons, when in
committee of Ways and Means on Monday night, re.
ferred to the sugar duty. It was as follows :-1. Resolved
-That, towards raising the supply granted
to her Majesty, on and after the under-men-
tioned dates, in lieu of the duties of Customs now
charged on the articles under-mentioned, the following
duties of Customs shall be charged thereon, on importa-
tion into Great Britain or Ireland, viz. :-On an after the
2d of May, 1870, sugar-viz., candy, brown or white,
refined sugar, or sugar rendered by any process
equal in quality thereto, and manufactures of
refined sugar, Cs. per cwt. On and after the 13th of April,
1870, sugar not equal to refined-First class, ss. Sc!.
per cwt. ; second class, ss. 3d. per cwt. ; third class,
4s. Dd. per cwt. ; fourth class, including cane juice,
4s. per cwt. ; molasses, is. 9d. per cwt.: paste
of almonds, 4s. Bd. per cwt. ; dried cherries, 4s. Bd.
per cwt. ; dry comfits, 4s. Bd. per cwt. ; confectionery,
not otherwise enumerated, 4s. Bd. per cwt. ; preserved
ginger, 4s. Bd. per cwt. ; marmalade, 4s. Bd. per cwt. ;
succades, including all fruits and vegetables preserved in
sugar, not otherwise enumerated, 4s. Bd. per cwt., and
that the said duties shall be paid on the weights ascer-
tained at landing.
The second resolution deals with the drawbacks on
sugar refined in Great Britain and exported, or deposited
in any approved warehouse. The scale is 6s. per cwt. on
refined sugar in loaf or lumps duly refined, and of uniform
whiteness ; ss. 9d. upon refined sugar not inferior to
standard 2 ; ss. Bd. for refined sugar not inferior to stan-
dard 3 ; 58. 3d., standard 4 ; 4s. 9d., standard 5 • and
4s. Od., standard 6. Sugar refined by the centrifugal
process is charged 6s. Od. per cwt., provided it be not in-
ferior to standard 1.
The third resolution provides for sugars made in the
United Kingdom. The rates of Excise are :-On and
after May 2nd, 1870, candy, brown or white, refined
sugar, or sugar rendered by any process
equal in quality thereto, and manufactures of
Refined sugar, 6s. per cwt. ; on and after the 13th of April,
1870, sugar not equal to refined, first class, ss. Bd. per
cwt. ; second class, ss. 3d. per cwt. ; third class, 4s. 9d.
per cwt. ; fourth class, 45. per cwt. ; molasses, ls. 9d.
per cwt. _ _

The fourth resolution fixes the Excise duty upon sugar
used in brewing at 7s. 6d. per cwt.
The fifth resolution fixes the Customs duty on tea at 6d.
per pound, as at present.
The sixth resolution deals with the Income Tax.
Its stipulations for the year beginning April 6th are :
For every twenty shillings of the annual value or amount
of all property, nrofits, and gains (except those chargeable
under schedule B of the said Act), the rate or duty of
4d. And for and in respect of the occupation of lands,
tenements hereditaments, and heritages chargeable under
schedule 1l of the said Act, for every 20s. of the annual
value thereof, in England, the rate or duty of 2d., and
in Scotland and Ireland respectively, the rate or duty oid.,
subject to the provisions contained in section 3 of the
Act of 26th Victoria, cap. 22, for the exemption of persons
whose whole income from every source is under £lOO
a-year, and relief of those whose income is under £2OO
a-year.
The seventh resolution runs thus :-7. Resolved—That,
towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there
shall be granted and paid, on and after the 6th day of
April, 1870, upon a license to be taken out annually by
every person who shall use or carry a firearm of any de-
scription, or an air-gun or any other kind of gun, from
which any shot, bullet, or other missile can be discharged,
the sum of £1; and that on the 6th day of April, 1870,
the excise duties on licences in Great Britain, and certifi-
cates in Ireland, to take or kill game, imposed by the
Act of the 23rd and 24th years of the reign of her
Majesty, c. 90, shall cease to be payable.
The eighth resolution abolishes hawkers' licences from
the Ist of October next. The terms of the abolition are
Upon licences to hawkers, pedlars, and petty chapmen and
other trading. persons who shall travel and trade on foot in
Great Britain without any horse or other beast
bearing or drawing burthen, and who shall carry
their goods, wares, or merchandise to, and
sell or expose for sale the same at other men's
houses only, and not in or at any house, shop, room,
booth, stall, or other place whatever belonging to or hired
or occupied or used by them for that purpose in any town
to which they may travel. Upon licences to persons ex-
ercising the trade or calling of a hawker, pedlar, petty
chapman, or other trading person going from place
to place in Ireland, carrying to sell, or exposing to sale
any goods, wares, or merchandise, and travelling on foot,
with or without a servant or other person, employed in
carrying goods of any such hawker, pedlar, or petty chap-
man, but without a horse or other beast of burthen.
This resolution abolishes also the licences on paper and
pasteboard making, on soap-making, on still-making in
Scotland and Ireland, and on watch-cases—to commence
on July 6th. The abolition of the licence for playing-cards
dates from September 2nd.
The ninth resolution abolishes the stamp duties for
policies of insurance, and substitutes a stamp duty of id.
This measure will date from July Ist. The tenth resolu-
tion provides for the consolidation of the stamp duties, as
detailed in a first schedule, and a draft bill is attached in
a second schedule.

The last two resolutions are these :-11. Resolved, That
towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there
shall be charged : and paid, on and after the first
day of April, 1870, upon all sums received in re-
kpect of traffic of every description upon any railway in
Great Britain, a Duty of Excise at and after the rate of
one pound for every one hundred pounds : and the duty
payable in respect of the fares received or charged for the
conveyance of passengers upon any railway in Great
Britain, on and after the first day of April 1870, shall
cease to be payable. 12. Resolved, That it is expedient
to amend the laws relating to the inland revenue.