b
4.
for additional taxation at this - time, and they recommend that
the consideration
of
increase
to
the Revenue be postponed until
de are
funds
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bringing up this report gave some
explanations to the Council
of the
reasons which had induced the Committee to come to the conclusion
actually needed, _
that no
existe
urgeney
for additional
" when, should unforeseen claims
"be made upon the Treasury
account of Typhoons
or other
"booal causes, the Legislative
"
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Conneil might be called upon
to sanction an increase in the
Stamp Duties, of which in principle it has approved"
The Treasurer in
bringing
taxation at this time and I
afterwards informed the Council that I did not intend to proceed
during the present Session with the Stamp Bill as a
as a measure
for
increasing taxation, as it was clear that the surplus revenue for the present year would be more than sufficient to meet
the