12 JUNE 1909, Page 27

Complete Popular Guide to the Budget, 1909. By a Barrister-

at-Law. (II. E. Morgan. ld.)—Here we have under every heading, Excise, Stamp-duties, Licenses, Income-tax, Death- duties, &c., the old imposts and the now, with a statement of advantages and disadvantages. The advantages commonly come to this,—more money will be got from those who are able to pay t; the disadvantagos are various, the chief being perhaps the discouragement of the employment of capital.