Another word for excise

In 1793, when the excise duty was 21d.

Under the Constitution Act the Commonwealth is given the control of the postal and telegraph departments, public defence and several other services, as well as the power of levying customs and excise duties; its powers of taxation are unrestricted, but so far no taxes Dave been imposed other than those just mentioned.

In the debate abolishing the court of wards he spoke, like most landed proprietors, in favour of laying the burden on the excise instead of on the land, and on the question of the restoration of the bishops carried in the interests of the court an adjournment of the debate for three months.

Of all the men who took part in the opposition to the excise, Gallatin alone came out with credit.

In 1907 an excise duty was, for the first time, levied on beer.