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KAKAS

granted upon the payment

of a license fee calculated at the rate

of Dollars One hundred ($100.) per annum, for the period over

159 which the experiments lasted. These

Lester 12 Aug. 1880

Letter 19 Aug. 1880

were completed in about two months and the purchase of the property having

been concluded by us, we on the 12th August 1880 wrote to the Acting Colonial Secretary

applying for a license to carry on our operations there.

C.S.O. X1033 19 Aug. 1880

On 19th August having received no reply to our application, we ventured

to request that it might receive the Governor's early attention. On the

same day, the Acting Colonial Secretary informed us that it was under consideration. On the next day, we pressed the matter again and, on the 24th of the month, we were, by direction of His Excellency, informed that a new license would be granted, subject to the payment of a fee of $2000. for the ensuing twelve months, as fixed by the Governor in Council.

The Governor's decision to increase the fee twenty times over, thus curtly expressed, took us completely by surprise; nor has that surprise been lessened by His Excellency's subsequent refusal to reconsider the matter on the ground that...

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KAKAS granted upon the payment of a license fee calculated at the rate of Dollars One hundred ($100.) per annum, for the period over 159 which the experiments lasted. These Lester 12 Aug. 1880 Letter 19 Aug. 1880 were completed in about two months and the purchase of the property having been concluded by us, we on the 12th August 1880 wrote to the Acting Colonial Secretary applying for a license to carry on our operations there. C.S.O. X1033 19 Aug. 1880 On 19th August having received no reply to our application, we ventured to request that it might receive the Governor's early attention. On the same day, the Acting Colonial Secretary informed us that it was under consideration. On the next day, we pressed the matter again and, on the 24th of the month, we were, by direction of His Excellency, informed that a new license would be granted, subject to the payment of a fee of $2000. for the ensuing twelve months, as fixed by the Governor in Council. The Governor's decision to increase the fee twenty times over, thus curtly expressed, took us completely by surprise; nor has that surprise been lessened by His Excellency's subsequent refusal to reconsider the matter on the ground that...
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KAKAS

granted upon the payment

of a license fee calculated at the rate

of Dollars One hundred ($100.) p;

annum, for the period

over

159 which the

experiments lasted. Thess

Lester 12 Aug. 1

Letter 19 Aug.1

were com

pleted in about two months and the purchase of the property having

concluded by us, we

been

on the 12th August

-1880 wrote to the Acting bolonial Secretary!

applying for carry

or our

1880

no reply

ti

C.S.O. X1033 19 Aug.1880

a

license to enable us to

operations there.

449

On 19th August having received

our

application,

Ware

ventured

to request that it might receive the Governor's early attention. On the

leolonial Secretary day, the Acting

880 same day.

Setter 20 Aug.1880

informed

us that it was under

sideration. On the next day, we

con-

agains

"pressed the matter and, on the 24th of the c.s.o. Mos4 month, we were, by direction of His 24th Aug. 1880 Excellency, informed" that

CA new

"license would be granted, subject to

4

the payment of a fee of $2000. for the

Ensuing

twelve months, as

the Governor in bouncil."

fixed by

The Govanor's decision to

increase the fee twenty times over,

thus curbly expressed, took us

pletely by surpriss:

not

com

has that

surprise been lessened by His Excellency's subsequent refusal to

reconsider the matter,

014

the ground

that

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