per
Executive Council at me cent,
ton chargeable on all vessels entering the Port of Victoria with exception of the Junks and day steamers to
Canton and Macao.
The calculations have been made with reference to the entire
Light Houses and
cost
of
the Leg
1
to
Main Launch amounting If 45 877, and are based on the Harbor Master's return of 1874; which with the exxoptions above noted exhibit a total of 1.237.466 Sous of Shipping
At the rate fixed the dues should
to fixed
suffice not only to cover the ~ estimated annual ou
outlay of $7800
340
and the interest on the capital,
expended, but also to provide a
sinking fund by which the outlay
will be recovered in the course
the course of
13 years.
I enclose
for
18 for Your Lordships information a statement prepared by the Acting Auditor General. showing the present indebtedness of the Light Houses to the Yeasury
and the
• proposed Annual reduction
of the liability .
As regards the collection of Sight ques the Executive Councel it. of opinion that the Assistant Harter Master is the fittest person to be ___ employed and that his remuneration