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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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