No 32 of 1849.
Inclosure in despatch No 33.
Financial.
My Lord,
Prilogia, Hongkong, 26th March, 1849.
I have the honor to report that in compliance with Your Lordship's instructions conveyed in Despatch No. 78 of the 30th December 1848, the duty of 2 1/2 per cent in this Colony on goods sold by public auction, was levied and abolished from the 4th instant; and further, that with the concurrence of the Executive Council I decided on increasing the fee of Auction Licenses to 150 Dollars per annum each.
The persons who have been licensed to exercise the calling of Auctioneers for one year from the above date, are 8 in number.
The Right Honorable The Earl Grey, &c., &c.
Anno Duodecimo Victoriae Reginae
"The Relief of Insolvent Debtors within the Colony of Hongkong" entitled An Ordinance for, being an amendment of "The Ordinance No. 3 of 1846." No 2 of 1849. 15th March, 1849.
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