As I have stated above the charge on native craft yields about $50,000 a year, and if the principle is once admitted that European shipping should not be taxed for purposes of general revenue, it would seem only fair to extend the same principle to native craft.
Light dues amounts to $113,000. If the prayer of the petition be granted and a charge of one cent instead of 2 1/2 cents a ton is levied the amount of the estimate will be reduced to $45,200.
You are aware that the sources of taxation in this Colony are limited, and various fees and licences charged have been raised considerably in years ago. It is true that the tax charged...
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The amount inserted in the Estimates for 1897 as likely to be derived from light dues are $113,000.
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