CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11] — Page 117

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balance available to

from leaving any fresh burdens was

wholly imaginary

and occasioned by a difference in the

mode of keeping the Postal accounts as

well

as by

an increase in the Police

and other rates which are an

annually

leviable for special objects and are not

available for other purposes.

In fact

I

proved that having regard to these

the only

measure that

was a

like this could have been

without

striking

a

free

Port

imposed

a blow at the root of

the prosperity of the colony, a tax

moreover

the

fairest of all in its incidence

and the most

lightly

borne

self adjusting in amount, because the latter must always be proportioned to

the number and

magnitude of the

transactions on which the tax falls.

considerations there was actually left

£49,

available Revenue in 1866 by nearly £10,000 than in 1863.

48.

The

argument therefore in favor

of some increase of taxation

was

irresistible and I think

unanswered.

was

by those who

were

wholly Memorialized

against the Stamp Ordinance which is

Unavoidable

delays, as Your

Lordship is aware, prevented the Stamp Ordinance from coming into

operation till the 10th instant and judging

from the present receipts I think

an increase to the Revenue,

to $120,000

may

be expected from that

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116 balance available to from leaving any fresh burdens was wholly imaginary and occasioned by a difference in the mode of keeping the Postal accounts as well as by an increase in the Police and other rates which are an annually leviable for special objects and are not available for other purposes. In fact I proved that having regard to these the only measure that was a like this could have been without striking a free Port imposed a blow at the root of the prosperity of the colony, a tax moreover the fairest of all in its incidence and the most lightly borne self adjusting in amount, because the latter must always be proportioned to the number and magnitude of the transactions on which the tax falls. considerations there was actually left £49, available Revenue in 1866 by nearly £10,000 than in 1863. 48. The argument therefore in favor of some increase of taxation was irresistible and I think unanswered. was by those who were wholly Memorialized against the Stamp Ordinance which is Unavoidable delays, as Your Lordship is aware, prevented the Stamp Ordinance from coming into operation till the 10th instant and judging from the present receipts I think an increase to the Revenue, to $120,000 may be expected from that
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balance available to

from leaving any meet fesh burdens was

wholly imaginary

and occasioned by a difference in the

mode of Reping the Postal accounts as

well

OUD

by

an increase in the Police

and other rates which are an

annually

leviable for special olejects and are not

available for other purposes.

In fact

I

proved that having regard to these

the only

measure that

ww a

like this could have been

without

shiking

a

free

Port

imposed

blow at the root of

the prosperity of the belony, a taxe m

moreover

the

bakuny

CH-

fairest of all in its incidence

and the mast

lightly

burne

مهر

منذ ولد

self adjusting in amount, because the latter must always be proportioned to

the number and

magnitude of the

transactions on which the taxe fulls.

considerations there was was

actually lefo

49.

available Revenue in 1866 by nearly £10,000 than in 1863.

48.

of

The

argument therefore in favor

some increase of taxation

of taxation

irresistible and I think

unanswered.

was

by those who

was

!

wholly Memorialized

against the Stamp Ordinance which is

Unavoidable

delays, as Your

Space is aware, prevented the Stamp Ordinance from coming into

operation till the 10th instant and judging

from the present receipts I think

* increase to the Revenue,

to $120,000

may

A

an

from $100,000

be expected from that

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