C.3.0. N° 1201
16th Sept. 1880
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that the decision had been arrived at
"after very careful consideration of "all the circumstances":
His Excellency's
450
Motions
for
his action are, owing to his reticence on the subject, only matter for conjecture. Whatever they may
[...]
they
con
but how
it seems difficult to believe that
outweigh the following
causes and objections to his policy.
many
In the first place, the courses, which had hitherto been adopted by
Ordinance came
the Government, of levying a uniform rate for such licenses, since the
into force, and which had been followed by Governor Hennessy himself, in our and in that of his successor, led us to infer that the rate, if not finally settled, was
own case
led
us
certainly not
subject to violent or sudden fluctuations. The fact of the amount having been actually placed in print, in the form of license, lent strength to this conclusion, and consequently it
before purchasing
never occurred to us
so important a change, else our intention to purchase might have been abandoned
declined
received