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Enclosure 7 in No. 12.

The Hon. the Government Agent,

Kandy.

SIB,

(No. 832.)

I am, &c.,

(Signed)

G. A. Baumgartner, Assistant Government Agent.

Enclosure 4 in No. 12.

160'

Kandy Kachcheri, November 11, 1882. WITH reference to the statement in your letter, No, 47 of the 7th instant, “that "the Ratemahatmeya was the first bidder and there were two other bidders before the "Ratemahatmaya became the highest for Rs. 12," I have the honour to request that you will inform me what sum had to be recovered by this sale, and whether that sum was reached before the Ratemahatmeya's bid of Rs. 12.

I am, &c.,

The Assistant Agent,

Nuwara Eliya.

(No.

926 160)

SIB,

(Signed)

Enclosure 5 in No. 12.

(No.

711

6104

SIR,

788

Kandy Kachcheri, October 5, 1882. Wira reference to your letter, No. 16 of the 25th ultimo, I have the honour to request that

you will inform the petitioners that the sale was duly held for arrears of 1880 and 1881 after due notice, and cannot now be cancelled.

notice that the Ratemahatineya was the purchaser of the field. I will not object in this instance, as it is necessary to break down the combination of landowners against sale of fields for arrears of tax, but as a rule the purchase by headmen of fields sold for arrears is not to be encouraged.

The Assistant Agent,

N' Eliya.

5105.

JOHN F. DICKSON,

Government Agent.

SIB,

Nuwara Eliya Kachcheri, November 13, 1882.

In reply to your letter, No. 832, of the 11th instant, I have the honour to state that the amount to be recovered was Rs. 8.64, viz., Rs. 8.00 tax for 1880 and 1881, and 64 cents. as fees, and that the bids received were as stated by the Ratemahatmeya, as follows:-

Ratemahatmeya

Bastian Perera

Rs.

9

10

No. 13.

I

(Signed)

am, &c.,

JOHN F. DICKSON,

Government Agent.

LORD KNUTSFORD to SIR C. C. SMITH (Straits Settlements), (No. 103.)

Downing Street, March 28, 1890.

I HAVE received from Sir F. Dickson, in a letter* addressed to the Under Secretary of State, & memorandum on the subject of the Ceylon grain taxes, together with other enclosures relative to the subject.

I request you to thank him for the memorandum, which is at once useful and interesting. I need not add to what has already been stated in my Despatch, No. 73, of the 28th ultimo.t

Governor Sir Cecil C. Smith.

8051.

No. 14.

I have, &c., (Signed)

KNUTSFORD.

Kohoka Korale

Rate mahatmeya

The Hon. the Government Agent,

Kandy.

-

12

I am, &c., (Signed)

G. A. BAUMGARTNER,

A.G.A.

Enclosure 6 in No. 12.

(No

878 6104)

SIR,

926

Kandy Kachcheri, November 25, 1882.

WITH reference to your letter, No. 160 of the 13th instant, I have the honour to state that I think the sale should have been concluded on the bid of Bastian Perera, and that it would have been better if the headmen had not bid after the Crown dues were covered by a bid of a bona fide purchaser.

The Assistant Agent,

Nuwara Eliya.

I am, &c., (Signed) J. F. DICKSON,

Government Agent.

SIR C. C. SMITH (STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) to LORD Knutsford. (Received April 28, 1890.)

(No. 138.) MY LORD,

Government House, Singapore,

March 99, 1890.

WITH reference to your Lordship's Despatch No. 73, of 28th February, I have

the honour to transmit to your Lordship copy of a letter which I have received from Sir J. F. Dickson.

I have, &c.

(Signed)

CECIL C. SMITH

The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G.,

dc.

&c.

&c.

Enclosure in No. 14.

SIR,

Sir J. F. DICKSON to His Excellency the GovERNOR.

Singapore, March 29, 1890.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge your Excellency's letter of the 27th instant, conveying to me the reply of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to my letter of the 2nd January, on the subject of the collection of arrears of taxation in the Nuwara Eliya district in the years 1889–5.

• No. 12.

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