CO129-006 - Sir John Davis - 1844 — Page 421

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and Shave accordingly lost no time in giving due notice to the parties who work theme, that a duty will for the future be payable to the British bevernment. This is not likely to be anything considerable, looking to the extreme poverty of the stove quarriors, but,

assertion of sovereignty it beame highly necessary to prevent the payment of a tax to the Chinese Government.

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By Ordinance No.11 of this

year

Licenced of 50 Dollars is made incumbent on all venders of wines and spirits; four Licences have already been issued to Pawnbrokers at the rate of 250 Dollars each; and a Licence of 50 Dollars is necessary for all Auctioneers

A scale of judicial fees and fines is now under the consideration of the Chief Justice, and will be promulgated

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as sour as it has met with the sanction

and approval of the Council - Official fees do not present any considerable prospect : but, it has been proposed to charge /1⁄2 per Cout on the first year's Salary of all-

appantiments made within the Colony. A charge of 25 Dollars will be made on

all

marriage Licences without banns. Tive Dollars are paid on every sailing letter

to a Ship or vessel, Every grass.

and two dollars on

Keeping in view the English practice of entrusting to some of the principal inhabitants of every district the duty of levying and disbursing the monies

beal required to meet all charges of a nature, I have determined with. the

The Council on dividing

Concurrenco

the Town of Victoria into three distinct portions or districts, to be styled the ceritro,

the