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15. And, lastly, that your Petitioners have large stocks ordered from Europe and partly iù course of transit to this Colony and have further entered into contracts for the sale thereof or of a part thereof; and that heavy losses would result to your Petitiouers in connection with the foregoing in the event of the closing of their said businesses which would be occasioned by the imposition of such licence fee of $1,200 as aforesaid.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray Your Excellency that the existing annual licence fee for dealers in arms as provided by section 10 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1895 be not increased and that the proposed fee of $1,200 be not imposed; and further that Your Excel- iency may be pleased to take such other action in the premises as to Your Excellency may seem fit. And your l'etitioners as in duty bound will ever pray, &c.
Dated this 8th day of July, 1899.
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