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request of the Owners of certain houses rented by this Department for the
- payment of the Police,
and other rates to which it
has been judicially decided
that the houses are liable
Mr. Herbert begs you will direct the attention of His Grace to the War Department letter of 30th June 1858 Mong Mong ?
on the subject of
a certain head-
rent which had been paid
under protest, and to your letter
99.
and
6290/58.
of the 30th July last in which you state that the Lord of
Newcastle has instructed the Colonial Government to exempt the premises in question from head rent and refund the amount
Mr
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Mr. Herbert understands
from
said letter, and
this decision that His Grace concurs in the equity of the principle of exemption claimed in the above quote: requests that such measures, as may be considered desirable, be taken to put a stop to these reiterated attempts, on the part of the Colonial Authorities, to subject the Imperial Revenues to contributions to the local expenditure of the settlement
If, as is asserted in the correspondence, the charges
on this hired
property
are such as
should
be borne by the tenant, and the tenant be exempt, such
exemption becomes of no
avail