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My Lord,
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Victoria, Hongkong,
OCT25
22th Jely, 1845.
In conformity with Your
erdinance for
Lordship's directions, an
lerying duties on the consumption of spirituous and formented liquors within the Colony has been under the consideration
of the Legislative Council
This wouts long since have ben as a source of p
readily adopted.
of revenue, but the following difficulty presented itself - Until the present time, the expenses of Custon-house establishment have been
Entirely avoided, by the system of licenses and farms, and by the chief revenue of the Colony being derived from Land pent. I
The Right. Honorable,
The Ford Manley,
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