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on the 28th of Deccumber back to make the following reductions for
our lefar:-
In the Town of Aactoris, the Police Pates to be reduced from 734 per cent to 674, the sighting Pates from 1/2 to 114, the Fire Brigade Rates from 3/4 to 1/2 and
the Water rates from 2 to 12. En
the rest of the Clown
no reduction
existing rates are
to be made, is the
only 5 per cent
the valuation.
4.
The Acting Auditor General cxtriped the Irinion that this boon
to the Conseholders in the town
"Victoria would probably not couse.
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any appreciable falling off in the total
amount
the
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house
year 1879
rates collected in
as compared with the
Jear 1875, inasmuch as the building of new houses and the increasing value of property in the Colony would make up for the reduction.
5.
M. Keswick asked me
to reduce the rents
f
Crown Lands,
pointing out that the firm he
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is connected with, east Pardine Matheron TO?, now hold considerable quantity of
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land at
hast Point which of late years
is
lying idle as the Chinese