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the general Community.
In the
the remedy devised for this financial difficulties.
In the latter expectation I have been disappointed. The Public having been apparently perfectly quiescent at first
anddenly round. A
was and
held
CM.
A meeting
After the 20th August, Resolutions against Avery Stamp Act were proposed
and three non-official Members of Council led some
presented protest against
&
numerous House a
at
Government
laid
measure,
the contemplation.
I observe in Mr. Cardwell's Despatch No. 30 of November 30, 1861, replying to certain memorials transmitted in reference to the Military Contribution he draws special
attention to a complaint that the Colonists were heavily taxed, and notes the
here
were
Governor to Sec. of State 28 Jan. 1866.
fact that the imposition of a Stamp Law had not produced in a less wealthy Colony than Hongkong, viz: Singapore - the disastrous results originally prophesied, the inference being that such a measure remained still available here.
9.
I have already drawn attention on 26 July, 18th to the fact that, without any knowledge of such opinions on the part of the Secretary of State I had previously arrived at the conclusion that if increasing the Revenue by a Stamp Duty was
the preferable mode of effecting that object.
10.
became necessary
I would also observe that my predecessor Sir Hercules Robinson stated on 11 Jan. 7 Sept. 1864, that, if additional taxation should be