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determined
A
he had after much consideration
arrived at the conclusion that the only
Qora),
which remained available without
interfering with the freedom of the pat
a
was stamp duty
similar to that imposed
ehmenghart India and the straits settlements.
11.
Mill
receiving the first intimation of my apprehensions, as to the insufficiency of o
an
Revenue, pointed out to me that a Stamp
duty
was available for increasing
it, and directed me, if I found myself
unable to balance the Expenditure and
Revenue
my
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of a Stamp Act could conveniently
be resorted to
12.
The Council has after very full
consideration affirmed that the time has
arrived
for imposing such a law, and I
cannot see how any
other conclusion
is possible. Having received the Memorial
and
protest against the Stamp Ordinance before discussion in Committee of the Bill and Schedule, I was enabled to deal
very fully and carefully with the
arguments
adduced against it, and now enclose in
a printed form the Memorial and
my reply in full, being the only correct revise of that reply.
13.
I must refer Your Lordship to that
speech for a complete review
of the