defaulter-
That I am not personally liable to such an exaction must, I think be admitted when it is recollected that the premises are presented and paid for by the respective officers of Ordnance_ at the rate of £500 per place of business for the Commissariat; while my own share of the occupation is limited by Her Majesty's Regulations to a mere sectional part for which I am charged only £20 or a twenty-fifth of the whole rental.
But even as a claim of the Local against the Home Government, I submit that it is utterly inadmissible—there is not, I believe, the shadow of a precedent for it either in this or other Colony. Buildings occupied as Barracks or otherwise for and on behalf of Her Majesty's Troops "have always a prescriptive right to exemption from local rates; and it would seem only fair to conclude that this right extends also to Buildings hired by the Crown as the difference between them and actual Crown property is a question simply of duration or expense with reference to such rates which, if even levied upon the Landlord, would have to be paid indirectly by the Crown in the shape of increased rental.
This conclusion is, I think, borne out by the fact that no exaction of local rates has ever before been made. We have been taught that under the ordinance referred to in the Call it was unnecessary or superfluous to provide specifically for their exemption in cases of such buildings; and if so, it does appear in the highest degree unreasonable that the absence of such specification should now be advanced by the Attorney General as a negative ground for this novel-
4.
defaulter-
That I am not personally liable.
to such an exaction must. I think be admitted when it is recollected that
premises
the
are
sented and paid for
a
by the respective officers of Orduance_ at the rate of £500 per place of busincer for the Commissariat; white
my own share of the recupation is limited by Her Majesty's Regulations to a mere sectional part for which I am charged only £20n a twenty fift of the
schole rental-
even as a
But
claim of the Local against the Home Goverment. I subuit.
or any
that it is utterly inadmissible_there is not. I believe the shadow of a precedent for
it either in this
other Colony Buildings sccupied as Barracks or otherwise for and on behalf of Her Majesty's Troops "have always a prescriptive right.
to
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exemption from local rates; and it would seem
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only fair to conclude that this right extends ales to Buildings hired
by the Crown as the difference between them and actual Crown property is a
question
simply of duration on expence with reference to such rates which
if
even
levied
upon
the Lesson would have to be paid
indirectly by the Crown in the shape of
incrcared rental.
of local rites has ev
ever
This conclusion is I
think bone out by
the
fact
first that no exaction.
before
been made
away
have been taught
the
Call
under the ordinance referred to in the
farming of which it
unnecessary or superfluous to provide
specifically for their
exemption in of euch buildings; and if so it does appear
in
the highest degree unreasonable that the absence of such specification should now be advanced by the Attorney General
negative ground for this novel-
as a
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