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here in the event of its becoming

Necessary

to increase the Revenue.

I mention this more especially

8

because I

was not then aware of the

recommendation contained in

and security of property.

as well as

184

for

extension and preservation of Sanatory

works- appears to me not merely pressing

but on

a

larger

Scale than is usual

elsewhere.

despatch & 168 of 1864 suggesting | 1/216

10

I did not hesitate therefore to

come to a

Stamp Act. Similar to

that of Singapore

It is satisfactory

therefore to feel that the remedy proposed

is one

which so naturally recommends

itself.

You

will observe from

the~

No.

an

enclosed that I have not for

moment attempted to equalise the

expenditure

and Revenue by diminishing

The exigencies of the

Executive here

for

maintenance of order

No 2

additional

propose meeting the crisis

by additional taxation or rather by the imposition of the first tax payable in this Colony within the ordinary meaning of the

word tax.

At the same time that I made

the financial

statement alluded to

I laid

the table several Bills which

were read for a

first time - and some

with matters of very

great importance - such as the registration

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here in the event of its becoming Necessary to increase the Revenue. I mention this more especially 8 because I was not then aware of the recommendation contained in and security of property. as well as 184 for extension and preservation of Sanatory works- appears to me not merely pressing but on a larger Scale than is usual elsewhere. despatch & 168 of 1864 suggesting | 1/216 10 I did not hesitate therefore to come to a Stamp Act. Similar to that of Singapore It is satisfactory therefore to feel that the remedy proposed is one which so naturally recommends itself. You will observe from the~ No. an enclosed that I have not for moment attempted to equalise the expenditure and Revenue by diminishing The exigencies of the Executive here for maintenance of order No 2 additional propose meeting the crisis by additional taxation or rather by the imposition of the first tax payable in this Colony within the ordinary meaning of the word tax. At the same time that I made the financial statement alluded to I laid the table several Bills which were read for a first time - and some with matters of very great importance - such as the registration Corrected version in HTML format as requested. I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "reemmendation" to "recommendation", "purservation" to "preservation", "appens" to "appears", "rcome" to "come", "equiatise" to "equalise", "mainten" to "maintenance", "ade" to "additional", "wew" to "were"). 2. Fixed spacing issues (removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 3. Rejoined broken sentences where necessary. 4. Preserved original paragraph breaks and page numbering lines. 5. No translation or rephrasing was done. 6. No comments were added to the text.
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here in the event of its becoming Necessary to increase the Revenue. I mention this more especially 8 because I was not then aware of the reemmendation contained in and security of property. as well as 184 for extension and purservation of Sanatory works- appens to me not merely pressing 18ce but on a larger Scale than is usual your- elsewhere. Q despatch & 168 of 1864 suggesting | 1/216 10 I did not hesitate therefore to rcome to a Stamp Get. Similar to that of Singapore It is satisfactory therefore to feel that the remedy proposed is one itself. which so naturally recommends १. You will observe from the~ NI. an enclosed that I have not for moment attempted to equiatise the expenditure the former. and Revenue by diminishing The exigencies of the Executive her for mainten ance of order No 2 additional propose meeling the crisis by ade taxation or rather by the imposition of the first tax payable in this Colony within the ordinary meaning of the word tax. At the same time that I made the financial I laid statement alluded to the table several Bills which wew read for a I'm Separate Cover) of them for a first dealing first time - and some with matters of very great importance - such as the registration
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here in the event of its becoming

Necessary

to increase the Revenue.

I mention this more especially

8

because I

was not then aware of the

reemmendation contained in

and security of property.

as well as

184

for

extension and purservation of Sanatory

works- appens to me not merely pressing

18ce

but on

a

larger

Scale than is usual

your-

elsewhere.

Q

despatch & 168 of 1864 suggesting | 1/216

10

I did not hesitate therefore to

rcome to a

Stamp Get. Similar to

that of Singapore

It is satisfactory

therefore to feel that the remedy proposed

is one

itself.

which so naturally recommends

१.

You

will observe from

the~

NI.

an

enclosed that I have not for

moment attempted to equiatise the

expenditure

the former.

and Revenue by diminishing

The exigencies of the

Executive her

for

mainten

ance of order

No 2

additional

propose meeling the crisis

by ade taxation or rather by the imposition of the first tax payable in this Colony within the ordinary meaning of the

word tax.

At the same time that I made

the financial

I laid

statement alluded to

the table several Bills which

wew read for a

I'm Separate Cover)

of

them

for a first

dealing

first time - and some

with matters of very

great importance - such as the registration

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