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of Government depressed trade on the Island that the Ground dent itself is considered in
many
cases as much as the property is now worth prannum'
building has been entirely checked which is best shown by the result of the Land Sales in t
April when very few of the Lots were
disposed of except. some of the best to Government Officials
who obtained them at the first advanc the upset-price.
The Registration Ach.
I as
Oy
with
one of the earliest exartments of Sin John Dave in the Colony. Originally it was intended to inclule all the inhabitants Foreign & Chinese in the Colony a Poll Tax varying, from one dollar to Five Fannum each, this, on the remonstrances
the Bitish Community of the
was abandoned,
as far as they were concets, & the Lan- came into operation, upon
tions, upon the Chinese only
but without the tax
The Law it was understood at the time, was made to arist the Chief Magistrate in
effctual discharge of his Duties & but that it has been of any p notionl use
the more
for that purpose is ext
is extremely dont/ful, certainly none in complein with the Injury
Fit has done to the Colony =
Every Thinese must within 24 hours after arrival furnish himsell with a Register Ticket inderfenalty of being
Vagrant is
treated as a
From the highly inquisitorial powers this