CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 78

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on the 28th of Deccumber back to make the following reductions for

our lefar:-

In the Town of Aactoris, the Police Pates to be reduced from 734 per cent to 674, the sighting Pates from 1/2 to 114, the Fire Brigade Rates from 3/4 to 1/2 and

the Water rates from 2 to 12. En

the rest of the Clown

no reduction

existing rates are

to be made, is the

only 5 per cent

the valuation.

4.

The Acting Auditor General cxtriped the Irinion that this boon

to the Conseholders in the town

"Victoria would probably not couse.

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any appreciable falling off in the total

amount

the

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house

year 1879

rates collected in

as compared with the

Jear 1875, inasmuch as the building of new houses and the increasing value of property in the Colony would make up for the reduction.

5.

M. Keswick asked me

to reduce the rents

f

Crown Lands,

pointing out that the firm he

C

is connected with, east Pardine Matheron TO?, now hold considerable quantity of

A

land at

hast Point which of late years

is

lying idle as the Chinese

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