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in reference to monies received from the Licensees. That statement

appears

to me

to clear and expresses so nearly my present feelings, that Ienclose the portion

which refers to the subject. of my address 20. In

one matter and one

Wthink that I should

Enclosure No 2.

only do I

now

speak differently.

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() with additional taxation, it would

evidently be impolitic under on

circumstances to

impose it.

21. Nevertheless experience

that in this particular

mow

ordinary

shewp

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me

case the real

points at ifoue become so hidden and so over laid with prejudices

relative to revenue.

from such

circumstances with

that the use

of such

and delusions.

a source

revenue for the

purpose of diminishing local bundens

I

that is in the allusion made as to

dispensing under

any

the Stamp Ordinance because of the

receipt of Revenue, whether reluctantly

acquired or otherwise, through the Licensed Hauses. It

was

is

quite true that the bolony

then, and still is, paping through

a severe Commercial crisis and if in

any way the Colonial Treasury

was

placed in sufficient funds to dispense

furnishes too plausible a pretext for

opposition to

om

Public

to a policy originally based

grounds quite distinct from

relief from taxation.

22. I wou

on

I would now,

therefore, rather insist

aheady

canying out, as has been

done, all projects for taxation that had