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empowering the Governor in Comcil

to

wary

the same in order to

aberate the necessity of

of a new

ten

Ordinance in

case where an

every

operating

alteration in the amount of

onsidered expedient.

Very few of the older Ordinances

of them is

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or if their License is for a lefser Period ten cents per day for every

tow Inmates, this heavy tax induietly

as a Poll taxe

upon

the

Coolie resorting to this Colony for

laberi

at the reduction of the Fee

however contain

such Provision,

any

in question

was

resolved upon, and

and a short time

a Petition

ago

a new Ordinance became

necessary

to

ww

cany

it out, it was

thought

2 presented to the Lieutenant-

Governor by

a vay respectable body of Chinese Traders in the Colony

е

interceding on behalf of the Neepers of Lodging Howes for Street Coolies, who under the Schedule of Ordinance N. 8 of 1858 are called upon to pay & 6

a year for every

of

10 Immatio

expedient to take that opportunity

of vesting

a.....

General Power in the

Governor in Corail to reduce and

vary

the amount of all Crown Ares imposed by local Ordinances, Fees with the exception of those which the Judges have Special Power he

to