5
107
information before
4.
5.
The Memorandum of the
$135.8.4 the
sum collected amounted to $650*
teling Colonial Secretary, dates 13th June, requesting the opinion of the
7.-
I have
Acting Attorney General and the
Collector Officer's reply dated 14th June, 1872. result from that Letter.
Enclosure No 6.
Inclosure 43
the
Return or accompanying Statement of Fees collected and paid into the Treasury by the Acting Harbour Master under Regulation I of Schedule B of Ordinance No. 1071, during the month of March, April, and May, 1872, shows a total receipt
$850, and in one month (April) £177~1~8) it will be observed that the receipts amounted to $600.. Since the date of Mr Thonnet's return (11th May)
* £125 = n
me
beyond what the Ordinance itself
supplies, to enable me
to judge of the intention of the Legislative Council in re-establishing a System of Fees, the principle of which would appear A. 6 of 1867, and to have been abolished in Ordinances No. 12 of 1868.
named in the
8.
margin.
I cannot learn that the
amount of Fees probably receivable,
under Regulation XI
was ever called
for or considered; and I
greatly doubt the intention of the local
Legislature to supplement the Salary of the Harbour Master (who receives £925 a year) to such an extent: