THE GOLD DUTY.
The following letter has been placed at our (' Guardian *) disposal for publication by his Honor the Superintendent : '••-., " General Government Offices, " Dunedin, May 19, 1875, "To hia Honor the Superintendent OfOtagi*. "Sra, —I have received your Honor's letter of date 14th inst., on the subject oftheOtago Gold Duty Repayment Ordinance, 1874 ; and with reference to your expressed desire to obtain the opinion of the Law Officer of the Colony 'as to the legality of the Provincial Legislature of Otago appropriating a sum of money sufficient to refund to the miners a portion or the whole of the' Gold Export Duty levied in this Province,' I have the honor now to inform you that the Colonial Goverment is advised that such an appropriation could not be held to be illegal. If, thorefore, your Honor should consider I it fitting, under existing circumstances in the Biovincei to recommend to the Provincial Council to vote money in the manner proposed for the relief or encouragement of mining industry in the Province of Otago, the passing of such a vote by the Provincial Council would not be held to affect the validity of the Appropriation Ordinance which covered it.—l am, &c., : " James Pollen*."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 325, 28 May 1875, Page 3
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