# obtain a fair contribution to
the Revenue on Insurance
"business conducted here
# by Agencies of European
Companies
Companies, belonging to other Colonies.
2.
This is the object of
the measure, as stated
by Mr. Lister, the Treasurer,
whose letter I enclose, as it
Enclosure 2.
gives a clear statement of
the reasons which induced
him to make his proposal.
3.
I enclose also the
remarks of the Acting Attorney
General on the Bill. 25th August
1881
513
Enclosure 3.
95!
1887
The question
4.
was fully gone into in the Executive Council, where it
was decided that it should
be referred to you, before being introduced into the Legislative Council.
The Acting Attorney
5.
General states that it would
be a very popular
measure in the Colony, but he knows
of no precedent for such an
exceptional