CO129-258 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [1-4] — Page 746

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It bears the

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few days after the dates at which rents

or taxes become due. I would suggest that it might be possible to classify

the persons liable to pay rents and

taxes, and to arrange with them that

they should make their payments at the

During

or particular Treasury in particular weeks or days,

within a certain limit of time after

the date at which the payments fall

legally due. Under present circum-

stances, these taxes cannot be fully

collected in a shorter time than three

months, and the Government would not

paras therefore, as I can judge, be seriously damnified by the proposed arrangement,

which would which would have the advan-

tage of obviating the pressure com-

plained of.

12. Iwoudri be glad to be informed

whether the Shroff's at the Treasury,

who receive public money, should het be

allowed t

e

precluded from using private chops for

stamping the receipts which are given

I had to the

ال

to the public, and, whether chops could not be provided for them bearing, in addition to their own personal device,

the Royal Crown or some suitable public emblem. A die-sinker would presumably

hesitate to execute such a chop if

asked