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Report by the Acting Attorney General on Ordinance No. 16 of 1886.
Attorney General's Office.
19th May, 1886.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled "The Stamp Ordinance, 1886," and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
This Ordinance, with the few exceptions mentioned hereafter, is a reprint of the Stamp Ordinance of 1884.
The original object with which it was introduced was to obtain a considerable addition to the Revenue by greatly increasing the Stamp duties.
Upon careful examination and enquiry, it was found that...
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