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I think it will also be desirable for me to
comment on references to taxes and taxation in
paragraph 34, unless you would prefer to amend the
despatch in this respect before it is published.
There is of course no objection to the Municipality
acting as agents of the Central Government for the
collection of the proceeds of specified taxes or of
ther such proceeds/being assigned to the Municipality to meet expenditure, There is also no objection to the
Municipality being empowered to fix the fees payable
in respect of licences etc., issued by it. Apart
from activities on these lines however, it is clearly
open to objection for the Legislature to delegate to
the Municipality any authority to levy, or fix rate
of, taxes. If you prefer to amend your despatch
before it is published so as to avoid any .
misunderstanding on this point, in which case I would
make no comment in my reply, I should be glad if you
would let me know what amendments you propose.
XIII.
My reply to enquiry in paragraph 36 will be
that, in my view, audit of accounts should be carried
out by Colonial Audit Department and not repeat not by
commercial audit. (I have reconsidered my original
view to the contrary conveyed in paragraph 3 of my
telegram No. 329.)
XIX. On proposals in paragraphs 37 and 38 my
reply will express the wish to be consulted further
when details are available of property to be
transferred or leased. I propose to add that in
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