TAXATION BY THE HARBOUR BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6484, 29 August 1882, Page 3

TAXATION BY THE HARBOUR BOARD.

.. „ uniujuun .DUAKD. c T _ T jj ? TUSC »mtob. i«?i Crf £ ddresse,d you a !etter °n September 27 i ?,V«ki yoa wo [ e good MOO Kh to insert in vaur "Object of tho taxation Imposed by the Harbour Board of this port on S on board ship. In which I endeavoured to point out the apparent legal aspect of tho case, and now purpose placing the matter before tho public in another pol ,? t of ,y io . w ! vU -- tho impaiicy ofjuch taatlira m wall as its injustice. I certainly think that when tho matter ts fairly, discussed the absurdity of makln? such charges will be seen and tho propc? alteration! ChfflMk rr m " y tlnt neither in England, t ni;'' 9 , 'or P 3rt la New Zealand that I am aware of i 3 any other tannage than that carved nor e -,°n f n h ?M aiD JS ei,m mat f c the 15 t«,-, po ? 61Te and «oept by this Harbour Board. I think a by-law made in tho present form could only be tho result ol a misconception by the frnmers. "We may safely assume that the general idea would be that each Bhip should pay for tho space she occupies at the wharf. NowT that sdlm crfiw °tw OC ,i e(1 b 7 lho space occupied by tho crew, as that does not make the shiD looser or broader. Of course, in the caso of astSmeJ ahe may be 000 tons net tonnage and 1500 fltoLtw na w which . Wo 2 ld be a different affair T tog ,- J ther, l even m that case, her crew's sDaea n °t -be taxed. Is it not monstrous to think have tffiittf. ° omi f g te . tll6 wh, rf should have the little deck house in which her crew lives £p 0 ?[ Imperial Act of Parliament, and nW? ™n~T, eT i rjr 0 < i r p° rt th® civilised world? It also work-* in another way. Tou have a dry dock 15*1° caDnot force any ship into it, and make hor pay for her crew spaces, and soma people may prefer in S?r ,0t t0 % y ' t The P town seneral—l mean the sliipchandlers, carpenters, dock-owners, and agents suffer. I think these ara matters for consideration, and it behoves every shin. ™ t. merchant to look into these things, and «tw Auckland at least holds her on* with the other ports in New Zealand, and that such vexatious «niri? f SS should be done away with, and a ?! commercial fairness and liberality characterise the authorities. I would point you to Hongfss'm P ii rt chllr « es for my vctsel, with a won 'd **> some 20s, and also to Singapore, MrftS- iSS- P °?' M lnstances of commercial prospei'y- ' ukln s for space for this letter in yoor paper, -lam.&c., . P. T. Sobb£ot.