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per

Executive Council at me cent,

ton chargeable on all vessels entering the Port of Victoria with exception of the Junks and day steamers to

Canton and Macao.

The calculations have been made with reference to the entire

Light Houses and

cost

of

the Leg

1

to

Main Launch amounting If 45 877, and are based on the Harbor Master's return of 1874; which with the exxoptions above noted exhibit a total of 1.237.466 Sous of Shipping

At the rate fixed the dues should

to fixed

suffice not only to cover the ~ estimated annual ou

outlay of $7800

340

and the interest on the capital,

expended, but also to provide a

sinking fund by which the outlay

will be recovered in the course

the course of

13 years.

I enclose

for

18 for Your Lordships information a statement prepared by the Acting Auditor General. showing the present indebtedness of the Light Houses to the Yeasury

and the

• proposed Annual reduction

of the liability .

As regards the collection of Sight ques the Executive Councel it. of opinion that the Assistant Harter Master is the fittest person to be ___ employed and that his remuneration