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frequenting that port for the benefit of

of the Colony.

the

general.

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My Committee further submit that such taxation of shipping

proposed in

as that

entirely repugnant to

Dues is one

the idea of a free port and that the proposal to re-impose in another form the special Gap Rock Lighthouse Dues which His Excellency the Governor said ought not to be permitted to carry into effect.

My Committee venture to respectfully

say

that the subject-matter of this letter receive the careful and immediate

attention of the Colonial Office.

The Right

I have the Honour to be

Your

most obedient Servant

Secretary

1. Hon. J. Chamberlain MP. Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the

Colonies

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