DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER.
Wellington, This day. A deputation representing the West Coast counties of the South Island waited on the Premier relative to the breakdown of the county system for want of funds, which was attributed to the abolition of rating Crown lands and the gold duty." They asked to have the Act amended to enable them to tax vehicles whether plying for hire or not; also, for advances against the revenue. The Premier asked for figures, etc, and promised to give the question full consideration. It came out during the discussion that whereas the cost of working in the Westland and Inangahua was five and seven per cent of the revenue, in the Grey and Buller it was seventeen and twenty.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6171, 11 June 1891, Page 3
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123DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6171, 11 June 1891, Page 3
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