198
Board
of
Trade
E.I.
payments
were reported by Sir John Davis in
his despatch of 6th June 1846 transmitted to us
in Moz Treadlyan's Letter As regards the
year
of 7th September 1846.
to 30th June 1847,
we
have to notice that in addition to these Salarie
of a Sub-Collector and Schroff a payment of £123.12..2.. has been made to H. Marshwick the Government Auctioneer, and to Mr. Harrison a Clerk in the Land department for their joint services in assessing and collecting Police Rate for the year to 30th June 1847, being
Commission
at the rate of 6 ¼ per Cent upon the
the
gross amount of the Collections, and upon this it may be proper further to observe that the
two
payment of 200 Dollars to the Collectors for
collecting the Tax in 1846 did not exceed the
rate of 2/4 per Cent.
We have also to state that in reply to an observation upon the Rent Roll of the
Colony for the year
to
1845, in which we pointed
out that no Rent had been received up to
31st December 1845 upon
a Lot (numbered 66.)
let to Mr. Webster in June 1843 at £56..15.8
per Annum, we were informed that the lot had been resigned by Government, and
that the Governor, under the peculiar circumstances of the lot in question, had given instruction that the demand for Rent amounting to £149.6.3 should not be enforced, but, as the reasons for relinquishing the demand are not stated, we deem it proper to report the case for your Lordships' directions.