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time been under consideration whether the licence fees (#36 per annum) for these
very remunerative vehicles should not be raised, and
the expediency of assigning all the licences for these conveyances, which are limited to 500 in number.
in order to prevent the overcrowding of the streets,
was mooted.
Thereupon the existing licensees offered to pay
double
double the present fee-
an
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offer which with the advice
of the Executive Council, I accepted.
4.
Turning to the
Estimated Expenditure, Pensions
show a considerable increase
the principal additions being those of the Reverend W. ~ Jennings, Mr Machado, and Mr Deane. Police tensions-
a
rapidly increasing item_are
swelled this
year
by the
addition of the names of
Perry.
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