Resolution imposing
of the Governor in Council
ανι amm
mual licence fee of $2,000 on the Rum Distillery in connection with the Hongkong Sugar Refinery Company, of which they General Agents
2.
Jam
are
of opinion that the
fee in question is a small one, looking
to the quantity of rum distilled by the Company and to the price at which it is sold. Nor was the fee of $2,000 hastily fixed upon by the Executive Council. Eighteen months ago they called for a return showing the excise or licence fee on the distillation of spirits in the principal Crown Colonies, and early this year the whole question was referred to the Acting Colonial Treasurer for his opinion. He recommended levying an excise of fifty cents per gallon on the distillation of rum in this Colony.
All the papers on the subject were duly circulated among the members of the Executive Council, and were fully considered at a meeting of Council on the 19th of August.
3.
The Executive Council were disposed to accept the Colonial Treasurer's recommendation; but, at my suggestion, they adopted the far smaller charge of a licence fee of $2,000 for the year.
The following are the recent minutes of the Council on the subject:-
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"Executive Council. 19th August, 1880.
"The papers that had been circulated...
resolution
imposing
of the Governor in Council
ανι amm
mual licence fee of #2,000 on the Rum Distillery in connection with the Honghong Sugar Refinery Company, of which they General Agents
2.
Jam
are
the
of opinion that the
fee in question is a small one, looking
rum distilled
the
to the quantity of Company and to the price at which
it is sold. Nor
was the
fee of $2,000
hastity fixed upon by the Excentive
Council. Eighteen months
called for a
for a return.
ago
showing the excise or
in
licence fee on the distillation of spirito. the principal brown bolonies, and early :this year the whole question
was
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referred to the Acting Colonial Treasurer for his opinion. He recommended levying an exsise of fifty cents per gallon. distillation of.
the papers
rum in this
were
bolony.
on the
All
duly circulated among
the members of the Excentive Council,
and were
3.
fully considered at a meeting, of Council on the 19th of August.
The Executive Council were:
disposed to accept
the Colonial Treasurer's
recommendation; but, at my suggestion,
they adopted the far smaller charge of
licence fee of #2,000 for the
a
for the year.
The
following
are the recent minutes of the Council on the subject:-
#
"Executive Council. 19th August, 1880.
"The papers that had been cireutate!
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