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I have searched colonial legislation on the above point but without much to snow for the time spent. regards gas there seems to be very little legislation at all and where it does exist it merely regulates municipal supplies. This is largely the case also with electricity supply ordinances.
considerable number of colonial electricity plants appear to be either municipally owned or owned by the government, and so the question of taxing companies enjoying monopoly privileges hardly arises.
I attach however a copy of the Electricity Ordinance of Fiji (No.1 of 1932) as amended by Ordinance No.29 of 1933. It will be observed from sec.6 of the Ordinance that regulations may be made for the purpose of prescribing inter alia the terms of any licence and the fee to be paid. It will also be observed from the amending ordinance that regulations with regard to the payment of royalties may also be made. The regulations dealing with the licensing of electrical undertakings are scheduled to the principal ordinance, and I have had a copy of the Royalties Regulations copied from the Gazette.
I also attach a copy of what appears to me to be an up to date ordinance with regard to the licensing of electrical undertakings (The Uganda Electricity Ordinance) although it does not deal with the payment of royalties by monopolists.
J.H
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