CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 337

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to inform you that I can

find

no data on which Sir W.

Marsh based his calculation

in his despatch No. 369 of the

& 20th November, 1886, beyond 513+; the estimate furnished him by the Chamber of Commere in the printed correspondence which I enclose.

2.

The Chairman of

ree

the Chamber stated in his_

letter

of

the 28th September, 1886,

that the payment of one cent per ton Extra Light

Dues

Enclosure

No 20

87.

332

Dues would realize $15,000 per

annum, and Sir W. Marsh in his despatch above referred

to repeated the statement .

3.

in

The figures give

my despatch No 12 for January last were

3326

16th

of 16

based on

the estimated Revenue.

from

Light Dues for the current

year.

The

entered in

sum en

the Estimates is $32,000, which

is derived from the levy of one cent per ton. In additional one cent per

ton would give

anv

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