ornamental paper-hangings of thepresent _ day, show the advance the art hasmade since superior intelligence has beenapplied to it. The removal of the excise dutyof one shilling per piece, which took placeabout twelve years ago, and the vast improve-ment in the manufacture of paper, it nowbeing made… … also gained much by the destruction of themonopoly the great houses enjoyed whilst itcontinued. The recent alteration in the cus-toms tariff, by which French paper-hangingsformerly charged one shilling per square yard,are now charged only twopence duty, _ hasbrought our manufacturers into…
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