CO129-252 - Acting Governor Barker & Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1891 [12] — Page 365

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:

1

minutes on

741.88

bana's addners

MINUTE PAPER. 9 revenue

The amount derived from officem

is almost nil.

in

Ceylon

The total derived from licenses in that colby

Wai's

R: 1

Re

1.716.439

out of a total revenue

15. 299.877. or about one ninth

these licenses Carrock

'the revenue!

deccounts for the large bulk. There is no monopoly of the manufacture of arrack, but the right to retail is farmed out under very Stud Safeguards

With all its drausbacking this farming system

described as "certainly

the most

has been described as

"

'economical method in which the revenice

Minister "could possibly be raised

185A2/81

Straits

In

1889 in

༧ 。

out

the Straits Settlesmente

#.4.409·927

à revenue

licenses decounted for

and opium

opium licenszalone

for

nearly

3.002.400 or

three fourths

2.330 000 or

Zather more than half

In the colony and in the Native Stater

/ty.

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