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of

licence

fee

would seem to

require very exceptional grounds for its justification. But the only object of the impost apparently

was that

: the lisence would be useful

for the

purpose of checking

which

take

place

on the

the thefts of cargo frequently

boats. I cannot find however that any theft

ever rea

way;

really

was

detected in this

and even

if it had

searcely

be

been, the end can

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be held to be proportionate to

the

means; and

my

wonder

is rather at the patience of

the people who have born

such an

impost at all,

than that they should resist

it when made heavier?

But however objectionate

the licence and its conditions,

it had been imposed by

law, and to amend this

law at a time when the boatmen by their concerted resistance were inflisting

seriou

是