it is necessary that I
should advert to
A
Minor point brought
under
my
consideration
& Sin H. Pottinger Despatch
d
No 3 of 22 January hart.
Is that Despatch is enclosed
a
Schedule of Fees to be
taken in the Land Office
which had been approved
by the Council and himself.
To the last 3 Items in
This Schedule I do not
object — but the 3 first
charges appear to me
objectionable. They
(Reparing any Lease or Grant)
are as
follows.
10 per
Cent on the amount of Annual
Rental."
Affixing Public
Seal thereto -
Registering any
aforementioned mortgage or
alienation.
2½
per Cent on do
—5 per Cent
For the first place the
principle of
a fee where the
amount is
ad valorem
of double must be
objectionable to me
very
clearly
and
calculated unnecessarily
to discourage large Purchasers, and
in the next place
the
rate of these fees
considering
the rents which have
been realized, seems to
be