for
the
of which will be collected - Current year commencing from the 1st of July last.
I have, A., (Liquid), W. Laine,
Colonial Secretary
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
True Copy.
The
Opinion.
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Question being again raised
for
the
as to the ... liability of the house rented by the Military Department Artillery and the Rifle Range, to the payment of the Police Rate – I am of opinion that under a strict construction of the Ordinance
of the Ordinance, 122 of 1845
those houses are not exempt from
that rate, although the tax
if
levied
should, as represented, be virtually paid
by
the Crown to the Colonial Revenue, and although the Buildings may be considered as the temporary property of the Crown.
of
I may observe the ordinance merely exempts Religious and charitable institutions, and that in the absence of a special agreement between the Landlord and tenant