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we look to the large sums the Colony

And

is expending

Defenses,

to the probability that even

the amounts voted will not

cover the expense of

expense of what

ultimately be

nece star

ns.

༢་་༠༩/ fouerd to be

ssary for safelyps

In seeking for a permanent

addition to our items of Revenues

various means

of tavation

naturally present themselves. Suggestions have been made (and

by myself amongst others) for

laxes

ow d

dogs.

on vehicles, on

shipping to All these proposals

are open to

laves as

grave objections. Such

thove

vehicles, besides

dogs and

besides being eminently

vexations, would be ex

expensive,

and troublesome to collect, would be

comparatively

335

Comparitively easily evaded, and)

would yield but little. Faves

shipping should be avoided possible. It is

a

if

our interest to re

rely

on the indirect profits of shipping

and to

attractive to tonnage

make this Starbour as

as it reasonably

many of

of can be. A good.

all kinds

our Stamp duties, for

instance, are

ow

really indirect taxco Shipping. An income tax has

also bew

only

suggested. If there were the European portion of the

community to consider, nothing

beller. But I do not

could

hesitate to son

to say

that

ave

Income:

lax amongst chinese, many of

whose sources of wealth are on

maniland, is simply

art.

the

impossibility .

It would not be understood, and

would

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