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been advanced, or might have been
this he
so have
dove
advanced, if the question of Gambling des Licenses had never arisen. Hence I am
the
more
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made each month up to this date by the Licensees. By an adequate sum" I
"}
mean a sum so large that, whilst it
par
gratified that I did not hesitate,
fins a
leaves them
the moment I could do so, to enforce the
taxation which seems at present only feasible, without injury to the Colony,
nonmely the Istamp duties. The discusion
can
стом
therefore be in
ми мом
way complicated
by insinuations that the Community the Revenue from Licenses to free
itself from taxation.
23. In further illustration of the
Swanking
of the present system,
control which payment of by the Licensees
Sum
and the
an adequate
gives the Government,
annexe a retum of the payments
Enclosure 3.
a
H
ample profit under circumstances, it likewise necefsitatio
ordinary circum
their utmest vigilance to prevent those
the
profits being diminished either by opening unlicensed houses, at the infliction of heavy fines in the shape of increased fees for inattention to Government Rules and inactivity in attending to
wishes and
to the
carrying out the policy of
the Executive.
24.
Your Space, on referring to the enclased list of payments by the Licenous,
that
will find I reduced the monthly fees for
October by $2000 or $244,000 per
annum.
This