The Sums at present received for the
Salt farn and for stone
brut
large, they may
wad
quarries
the next Sate by competition,
be expected to incre
001.
B. scheme of a direct duty on Tobacco
the pejected, on a ccount of cimpossibility
but Ni.
of preventing smuggling in an article so generally, produced, and so conmeus, intended to sell the farm of both Tobacco
of Chinese Spirits.
on
Oc
tax
is now.
The best mode of collecting,. the consumption of European Wines, Spirits, and Beer, within the Colony, wrider consideration, and I hope-
submit the Ordinance for this and other
taxes to Your Lordship.
Arow Ai
It will have appeared from my later Despatcties that in addition to the Licenses to Auctioncers, a
duty of 2%/1⁄2 pr Cont on the proceeds of all Auctions has
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been imposed, according to the tenor of the
recommendation: contained in
Your Lordship's
present Despatch, differing only in the per
centage.
Love Revenue
is collected from
the public Marticts.
The Police fires during the last year
yielded a considerable sur :
The Supreme Court not having.
cine
into existence previous to September last, has
a
of course not been productive under the head
of fees and fines, but I anticipate
improvement during the current JEAN!
The imposition of stamp duties has
but the
been taken into consideration,
machinery and o
and organization required by a tax of this descriptions have prevented its
being hitherto adopted.
Q
Your Lordship has already been informed that the levying of the Tonnage
duty